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 genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Occidentalia comptulatalis, which 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

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

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