| Pima occidentalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Pima |
| Species: | P. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pima occidentalis Heinrich, 1956 | |
Pima occidentalis is a species of snout moth. It is found in the south-western United States. [1]
There are two generations per year in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The larvae feed on Astragalus species, including Astragalus allochrous , Astragalus thurberi and Astragalus wootonii , as well as Lathyrus species.
Pima occidentalis was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pima albiplagiatella . [2]