Domain Eukarya Rank Species | ||
Similar Epimartyria auricrinella, Sthenopis argenteomaculatus, Dyseriocrania, Eriocrania semipurpurella, Korscheltellus |
Gazoryctra hyperboreus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is known from North America, from New England and Quebec west to the foothills of Alberta.
The wingspan is 38 to 45 millimetres (1.5 to 1.8 in). The forewings are pink-brown and crossed by a prominent silver-white band and two large irregular silver-white spots on the outer half of the costa, and another on the lower margin near the base. There is also a series of three to four small white spots along the outer margin. The hindwings are pink-brown, suffused with grey. Adults are on wing from mid August to early September in one generation per year.
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