''Greya pectinifera'' is a

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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 evolutionar ...

. It is found in moist coniferous forests on the Olympic Peninsula and in the Mount Rainier region of the Cascades in

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Saxifraga ''Saxifraga'' is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 473 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word ''saxifraga'' means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin ' ("rock" or " ...

'' species.

References

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