Biology:Occidentalia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Occidentalia
Scientific classification edit
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 comptulatalis Hulst, 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]

References

  1. Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved December 22, 2017. 
  2. "800786.00 – 5474 – Occidentalia comptulatalis – (Hulst, 1886)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. "Species Details: Occidentalia comptulatalis". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. April 24, 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2906. 

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