Gazoryctra mathewi

Gazoryctra mathewi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hepialidae
Genus:Gazoryctra
Species: G. mathewi
Binomial name
Gazoryctra mathewi
Synonyms
  • Epialus mathewi W.H. Edwards, 1874
  • Gazoryctra matthewi

Gazoryctra mathewi, or Matthew's ghost moth, is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from western North America, including British Columbia, Washington and California.[2] It has a wingspan of 34 mm.

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.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.


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