Pima occidentalis

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Pima occidentalis
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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.

Taxonomy

Pima occidentalis was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pima albiplagiatella . [2]

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