Biology:Occidentalia
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Haimbachiini |
| Genus: | Occidentalia Dyar & Heinrich, 1927 |
| Species: | O. comptulatalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Occidentalia comptulatalis (Hulst, 1886)
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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
- ↑ Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ↑ "800786.00 – 5474 – Occidentalia comptulatalis – (Hulst, 1886)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Species Details: Occidentalia comptulatalis". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. April 24, 2003. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2906.
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