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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Yucca Moths and Allies (Prodoxidae) » Yucca Moths (Prodoxinae) » Greya » Greya punctiferella - Hodges#0189 (Greya punctiferella)

Species Greya punctiferella - Hodges#0189

Classification · Hodges Number · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Moth - Greya punctiferella Greya punctiferella Lepidoptera sp. - Greya punctiferella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Adeloidea (Fairy Moths and kin)
Family Prodoxidae (Yucca Moths and Allies)
Subfamily Prodoxinae (Yucca Moths)
Genus Greya
Species punctiferella (Greya punctiferella - Hodges#0189)
Hodges Number
0189
Food
Recorded host plants(1) are herbs in the Saxifragaceae:
   Tiarella trifoliata, Tolmiea menziesii, and Tellima grandiflora
Print References
Davis, Pellmyr & Thompson (1992). Biology and systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, new genus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 524: 1-74, Figs. 251-375. (1)
Works Cited
1.Biology and systematics of Greya Busck and Tetragma, new genus (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae).
Donald R. Davis, Olle Pellmyr & John N. Thompson. 1992. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 524: 1-74, f.251-375.
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 15 January, 2013 - 6:38pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff
Last updated 30 October, 2021 - 10:56pm

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