Occidentalia

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Occidentalia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Haimbachiini
Genus: Occidentalia
Dyar & Heinrich, 1927
Species:
O. comptulatalis
Binomial name
Occidentalia comptulatalis
(Hulst, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Crambus comptulatalisHulst, 1886
  • Acigona comptulatalis

Occidentalia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. and Carl Heinrich in 1927. [1] It contains only one species, Occidentalia comptulatalis, described by George Duryea Hulst in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Indiana, Maine, Manitoba, Minnesota, New York, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan. [2]

The wingspan is 23–26 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-July to August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Scirpus acutus , Scirpus americanus and Scirpus validus . [3]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. "800786.00 – 5474 – Occidentalia comptulatalis – (Hulst, 1886)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. Bird, C. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (April 24, 2003). "Species Details: Occidentalia comptulatalis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.