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Tehama bonifatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
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. The habitat consists of grasslands.

The larvae feed on various grasses and Trifolium repens.

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.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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• Crambini
• Moths of North America
• Taxa named by George Duryea Hulst
• Crambini stubs