Pima occidentalis

Pima occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Taxonomy

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Pima occidentalis was formerly treated as a subspecies of Pima albiplagiatella.[2]

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