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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Yucca Moths (Prodoxidae) » Prodoxinae » Greya » Greya politella - Hodges#0194 (Greya politella)
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Small Silver Moth - Greya politella
Copyright © 2007 Lynette Elliott

Small Silver Moth - Greya politella
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
May 6, 2007
I'm thinking casebearer moth?

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 14 May, 2007 - 8:03am
Last updated 7 October, 2011 - 10:39am

Prodoxid Moth
with the help of Terry Harrison I got an ID from Dr. Olle Pellmyr. He says, "It is Greya politella, a prodoxid moth that is in the same family as the yucca moths. The moth is sitting on its host, Lithophragma parviflorum. The female oviposits down into the ovary, and the larva feeds first on seeds and later after hibernation on vegetative parts."
… Lynette Elliott, 17 October, 2007 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Great innformation
Are you including it in the info page?
… Beatriz Moisset, 17 October, 2007 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
yep
done, Thanks.
… Lynette Elliott, 17 October, 2007 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 May, 2007 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Case bearer
It looks like Colleophoridae, I had a similar one and it couldn't be IDed any further.
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 May, 2007 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

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