''Gazoryctra'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Hepialidae
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order. Moths of this family are often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Hepialidae constitute by far the most diverse group of the infraorder Exopo ...
. There are 14 described species found in
Eurasia
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,
Canada
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and the
United States
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.
Species
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Gazoryctra chishimana
''Gazoryctra chishimana'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from the Kuril Islands and Japan
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Kuril Islands
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Gazoryctra confusus
''Gazoryctra confusus'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from the United States
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'' – United States
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Gazoryctra fuscoargenteus
''Gazoryctra fuscoargenteus'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found from northern Scandinavia to Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The wingspan is 37–42 mm for males and 39–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from th ...
'' – northern Eurasia
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Gazoryctra ganna
''Gazoryctra ganna'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Sweden, Finland, Russia (Siberia), France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Kazakhstan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distan ...
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Europe
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Gazoryctra hyperboreus
''Gazoryctra hyperboreus'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1862. It is known in North America, from New England and Quebec west to the foothills of Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen ...
'' – Canada
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Gazoryctra lembertii'' – United States
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Gazoryctra macilentus
''Gazoryctra macilentus'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Siberia, the Russian Far East, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia
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Siberia
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Gazoryctra mathewi
''Gazoryctra mathewi'', or Matthew's ghost moth, is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from western North America, including British Columbia, Washington and California
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'' – United States
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Gazoryctra mcglashani
''Gazoryctra mcglashani'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from the United States, including California
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'' – United States
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Gazoryctra novigannus
''Gazoryctra novigannus'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. It is known in North America, from Quebec, west to the Rocky Mountains and south to Arizona
Arizona ( ...
'' – Canada
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Gazoryctra pulcher'' – United States
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Gazoryctra roseicaput
''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 ...
'' – Canada
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Gazoryctra sciophanes'' – United States
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Gazoryctra wielgusi
''Gazoryctra wielgusi'' is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Arizona and New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, Lar ...
'' – United States
External links
Hepialidae genera
Hepialidae
Exoporia genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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