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Greya sparsipunctella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Prodoxidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Greya

Greya sparsipunctella is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found along the northern California coast of the United States. The habitat consists of low, forb-rich ocean cliff vegetation and moist coniferous forest.

The wingspan is 23–27 mm, making it the largest Greya species. The forewings have a very light base color, irrorated (speckled) with dark brown scales. The hindwings are uniformly grayish brown.

References

Greya sparsipunctella Wikipedia