Greya suffusca
Appearance
Greya suffusca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Prodoxidae |
Genus: | Greya |
Species: | G. suffusca
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Binomial name | |
Greya suffusca Davis & Pellmyr, 1992
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Greya suffusca is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the Sierra Nevada near Sequoia National Park in California. The habitat consists of oak and mixed oak-conifer forest.
The wingspan is 12.5–20 mm.[1]
The larvae feed on Osmorhiza brachypoda. Young larvae feed on the developing seeds of their host plant.
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