Tehama (moth)

Tehama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Tehama
Hulst, 1888[1]
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 Crambidae family. 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

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