''Greya politella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 from southern

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to the

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and the southern

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, and from the Pacific coast to eastern

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and south-western

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.TOLweb
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species, including ''

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'', '' Heuchera grossulariifolia'', '' Heuchera micrantha'' and '' Heuchera saxicola''.

References

Moths described in 1888 Prodoxidae {{Incurvarioidea-stub