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Tetragma

Tetragma gei is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in herb-rich steppe and forest openings in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alberta.

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Tetragma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Prodoxidae
Genus: tetragma
Davis & Pellmyr, 1992
Species:
T. gei
Binomial name
Tetragma gei
Davis & Pellmyr, 1992

Tetragma gei is a moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in herb-rich steppe and forest openings in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alberta.

The wingspan is 11–17 mm.1

The larvae feed on Geum triflorum. Young larvae feed inside the developing seeds.

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