| Gazoryctra roseicaput | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Gazoryctra |
| Species: | G. roseicaput |
| Binomial name | |
| Gazoryctra roseicaput (Neumoegen and Dyar, 1893) | |
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Gazoryctra roseicaput is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is known from the mountains of western North America, including Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alberta.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are dull red brown with silvery-white spots on the forewings. The hindwings are unmarked. Adults are on wing in the last half of August.
References
- 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.
- "110004.00 – 0025 – Gazoryctra roseicaput – (Neumögen & Dyar, 1893)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- Heiman, Maury J. (October 24, 2013). "Species Gazoryctra roseicaput - Hodges#0025". BugGuide. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. "Species Details: Gazoryctra roseicaput". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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| Gazoryctra roseicaput | |
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