Tehama bonifatella

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Tehama bonifatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Tehama
Hulst, 1888 [1]
Species:
T. bonifatella
Binomial name
Tehama bonifatella
(Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Spermatophthora bonifatellaHulst, 1887
  • Crambus inornatellusWalker, 1863
  • Crambus nevadellusKearfott, 1908

Tehama is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Tehama bonifatella, the western lawn moth, which is found in Greenland and North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Labrador, Manitoba, Nevada, Quebec and Washington. [2] The habitat consists of grasslands.

The larvae feed on various grasses and Trifolium repens . [3]

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References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Schmidt, B. C. & Bird, C. D. (May 5, 2003). "Species Details: Tehama bonifatella". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 27, 2020.