# Occidentalia

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***Occidentalia*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) [moth](/source/Moth) genus of the family [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae) described by [Harrison Gray Dyar Jr.](/source/Harrison_Gray_Dyar_Jr.) and [Carl Heinrich](/source/Carl_Heinrich) in 1927.[1] It contains only one species, ***Occidentalia comptulatalis***, described by [George Duryea Hulst](/source/George_Duryea_Hulst) in 1886. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from [Alberta](/source/Alberta), [Indiana](/source/Indiana), [Maine](/source/Maine), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Quebec](/source/Quebec) and [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan).[2]

The [wingspan](/source/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](/source/Scirpus_acutus)*, *[Scirpus americanus](/source/Scirpus_americanus)* and *[Scirpus validus](/source/Scirpus_validus)*.[3]

## References

1. Nuss, M. et al. (2003–2017). ["GlobIZ search"](http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx). *Global Information System on Pyraloidea*. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

1. ["800786.00 – 5474 – *Occidentalia comptulatalis* – (Hulst, 1886)"](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5474). *Moth Photographers Group*. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 22, 2017.

1. Bird, C. D. & Schmidt, B. C. (April 24, 2003). ["Species Details: *Occidentalia comptulatalis*"](https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2906). *[University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta) Museums*. [E.H. Strickland](/source/E.H._Strickland) Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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