Gazoryctra sciophanes

Gazoryctra sciophanes is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from the United States, including North Carolina and Tennessee.[2]

Gazoryctra sciophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Gazoryctra
Species:
G. sciophanes
Binomial name
Gazoryctra sciophanes
(Ferguson, 1979)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus sciophanes Ferguson, 1979

The wingspan is about 35–38 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 – Gazoryctra sciophanes – 0023.1". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu.


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