Tehama bonifatella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Tehama Hulst, 1888[1] |
| Species: | T. bonifatella
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| Tehama bonifatella (Hulst, 1887)
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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]
References[edit]
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ 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.