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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]

Greya politella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 politella Walsingham, 1888

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

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