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]
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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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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Bird, C. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (April 24, 2003). "Species Details: Occidentalia comptulatalis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.