Greya obscura

Greya obscura is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found from south-western Oregon to the San Garbriel Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada of California. The habitat consists of grassy portions of open oak woodland.

Greya obscura
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G. obscura
Binomial name
Greya obscura
Davis & Pellmyr, 1992

The wingspan is 10.5–19 mm. The forewings are grey to light brown in males and dark stramineous or with a slight bronzy iridescence in females. The hindwings are either the same shade as the forewings or darker but always without a pattern.[1]

The larvae feed on Lithophragma species. The larvae are thought to be leaf miners.

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