| Pima albiplagiatella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Pima |
| Species: | P. albiplagiatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Pima albiplagiatella (Packard, 1874) | |
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Pima albiplagiatella, the white-edged pima moth or beach pea borer, is a species of snout moth described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1874. It is found in the south-western United States, as well as Colorado, Oregon, Washington, [1] Manitoba, New York and Pennsylvania. [2]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. [3] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Astragalus species, including Astragalus allochrous , Astragalus thurberi and Astragalus wootonii , as well as Lathyrus species.
