Tehama bonifatella

Tehama bonifatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Tribe:	Crambini
Genus:	Tehama; Hulst, 1888
Species:	T. bonifatella
Binomial name
	Tehama bonifatella; (Hulst, 1887)
Synonyms
	Spermatophthora bonifatella Hulst, 1887; Crambus inornatellus Walker, 1863; Crambus nevadellus Kearfott, 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 wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are yellow fuscous with dark brown areas and a terminal line consisting of a row of dark brown dots. The hindwings are smoky brown. Adults are on wing from May to June.

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

References

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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