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Hepialidae 110004.00 – 0025   Gazoryctra roseicaput (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893)

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Distribution: Type locality (roseicaput): Cascade Range near Lytton, BC. Type locality (demutatus): Mt. Hood, OR. Type locality (mutatus): Mt. Hood, OR. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Hepialus roseicaput Neumögen & Dyar, 1893 • Hepialus demutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926] 1925 • Hepialus mutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926] 1925 Taxonomic Notes: Gazoryctra roseicaput (Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893), 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. Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1925. The kyperboreus group of Hepialus (Lepid., Hepialidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 2(2): 81. Neumoegen, B. & H.G. Dyar, 1893. New species and varieties of Bombyces. The Canadian Entomologist, 25: 125. 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.

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