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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Pima Series » Pima » Pima occidentalis - Hodges#5747.1 (Pima occidentalis)

Species Pima occidentalis - Hodges#5747.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Crambid of some kind? - Pima occidentalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Phycitinae

Tribe Phycitini

No Taxon (Pima Series)

Genus Pima

Species occidentalis (Pima occidentalis - Hodges#5747.1)

Hodges Number

5747.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pima occidentalis Heinrich, 1956 (1)

Formerly subspecies Pima albiplagiatella occidentalis (Heinrich, 1956) (2)

Numbers

Pima has 9 species in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 24-31 mm. (2)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Widespread in the western United States and western Canada. (4), (2)

Season

Heinrich (1956) examined specimens collected from March to August. (2)

Food

Larval hosts include: (2)

Astragalus L. (milkvetch).

Lathyrus L. (pea).

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group

Print References

Heinrich, C.1956. American Moths of the Subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 103, fig. 303. (2)

Neunzig, H.H. 2003. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.5, p. 26; pl. 1.4-5.(1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 25.28, p. 190.(5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 15.5. Pyraloidea, Pyralidae, Phycitinae H. H. Neunzig. 2003. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2012 - 4:50pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:41pm

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