Greya politella

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Greya politella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: Greya
Species:
G. politella
Binomial name
Greya politella
(Walsingham, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Incurvaria politellaWalsingham, 1888

Greya politella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from southern British Columbia to the Channel Islands of California and the southern Sierra Nevada, and from the Pacific coast to eastern Idaho and south-western Colorado. [1]

The larvae feed on Saxifragaceae species, including Lithophragma , Heuchera grossulariifolia , Heuchera micrantha and Heuchera saxicola .

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Greya enchrysa is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in open, grassy pine forests in the drier interior regions of southern British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana.

Greya marginimaculata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in Japan on the main island of Honshu and possibly the Russian Far East.

Greya kononenkoi is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in low-shrub tundra on the Chukchi Peninsula in eastern Siberia.

Greya piperella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. In North America it is found from southern British Columbia to central Oregon, west to western Montana. There is an isolated population in central California and the species is possibly also present in New Mexico and Utah. The habitat consists of open, grassy pine forests or rockfaces in open country.

Greya mitellae is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in moist coniferous or mixed coniferous forests in north-western Idaho and the Blue Mountains of south-eastern Washington.

Greya punctiferella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. 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.

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.

Greya powelli is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in the coastal range between the San Francisco Bay area and the San Gabriel Mountains, and in the south-central Sierra Nevada of California. The habitat consists of slightly moist grassy areas in open oak woodland.

Greya solenobiella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. In the United States it is found from south-western Oregon south to California, where it is found along the coast and in the Sierra Nevada. The habitat consists of grassy areas in dry to moderately moist oak or mixed deciduous forests.

Greya sparsipunctella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found along the northern California coast of the United States. The habitat consists of low, forb-rich ocean cliff vegetation and moist coniferous forest.

Greya reticulata is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from the coastal range of California in the United States.

Greya subalba is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. In North America it is found in southern British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho, western Montana and south to south-western Oregon. The habitat consists of dry, forb-rich steppe.

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