''Greya suffusca'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the

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Prodoxidae The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the Lampronia capitella, currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutiona ...

. It is found in the Sierra Nevada near

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. The habitat consists of oak and mixed oak-conifer forest. The

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is 12.5–20 mm. The forewings are brown irrorated with white scales. Female are usually darker and more patterned. The hindwings are uniformly grey.TOLweb
/ref> The larvae feed on ''

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''. Young larvae feed on the developing seeds of their host plant.

References

Moths described in 1992 Prodoxidae Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist) {{Incurvarioidea-stub