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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Hepialidae
110001 – 0023   Gazoryctra hyperboreus (Möschler, 1862)

© Harvey Schmidt
Distribution: Type locality: Labrador.
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Synonymy: Epialus hyperboreus Möschler, 1862
Taxonomic Notes: Gazoryctra hyperboreus (Möschler, 1862), n. comb. in Wagner & Tindale (1988).
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Moschler, H.B., 1862. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings - Fauna von Labrador. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift, 6(5): 129; pl. 1, fig. 1.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
  • Wagner, D.L. & N.B. Tindale, 1988. An appraisal of Gazoryctra Hubner (Hepialidae) and description of a new species from Arizona and New Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 42: 204-212.
Gazoryctra hyperboreus
© Harvey Schmidt
Gazoryctra hyperboreus
© Gary Anweiler
Gazoryctra hyperboreus
© Gary Anweiler

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