Greya suffusca
Species of moth
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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.
| Greya suffusca | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Prodoxidae |
| Genus: | Greya |
| Species: | G. suffusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Greya suffusca Davis & Pellmyr, 1992 | |
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.
