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]