Greya obscura

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Greya obscura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Greya
Species:
G. obscura
Binomial name
Greya obscura
Davis & Pellmyr, 1992

Greya obscura is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from south-western Oregon to the San Garbriel Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada of California. The habitat consists of grassy portions of open oak woodland.

Their wingspan is 10.5–19 mm. [1]

The larvae feed on Lithophragma species. The larvae are thought to be leaf miners.

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