Occidentalia

Occidentalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
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. 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. The forewings are chocolate brown with dark brown dots in the terminal area. The hindwings are also chocolate brown. 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.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "800786.00 – 5474 – Occidentalia comptulatalis – (Hulst, 1886)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "Species Page - Occidentalia comptulatalis". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[2] "800786.00 – 5474 – Occidentalia comptulatalis – (Hulst, 1886)". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] "Species Page - Occidentalia comptulatalis". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

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