Greya punctiferella
| Greya punctiferella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Greya |
| Species: | G. punctiferella |
| Binomial name | |
| Greya punctiferella (Walsingham, 1888) | |
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Greya punctiferella is a moth of the Prodoxidae family. It is found in the Pacific coastal ranges, the western slopes of the Cascades and in parts of the Sierra Nevada from south-eastern Alaska in the north to the Mendocino region of northern California in the south. The habitat consists of moist, coniferous or mixed conifer-Alnus forests.
The wingspan is 12.5–19 mm. The forewings are pale stramineous (straw-colored) with scattered brown spots. The hindwings are pale to median gray.[1]
The larvae feed on Tiarella trifoliata, Tolmiea menziesii and Tellima grandiflora. The larvae are thought to be leaf miners.
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