Gazoryctra novigannus

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Gazoryctra novigannus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Gazoryctra
Species:
G. novigannus
Binomial name
Gazoryctra novigannus
(Barnes & Benjamin, [1926])
Synonyms
  • Hepialus novigannusBarnes & Benjamin, [1926]
  • Hepialus mackieiBarnes & Benjamin, [1926]
  • Gazoryctra novigana

Gazoryctra novigannus is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. [1] It is known in North America, from Quebec, west to the Rocky Mountains [2] and south to Arizona. [3]

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References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID   86004391.
  2. Robinson, E.; Anweiler, G. G. "Species Details: Gazoryctra novigannus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. "110008.00 – 0029 – Gazoryctra novigannus – (Barnes & Benjamin, [1926])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.