Gazoryctra roseicaput

Gazoryctra roseicaput is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893.^[1] It is known from the mountains of western North America,^[2] including Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Alberta.^[3]

Gazoryctra roseicaput
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Gazoryctra
Species:	G. roseicaput
Binomial name
Gazoryctra roseicaput (Neumoegen and Dyar, 1893)
Synonyms
Hepialus roseicaput Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893 Hepialus demutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926] Hepialus mutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926]

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.^[4]