Pima albiplagiatella, the white-edged pima moth or beach pea borer, is a species of snout moth described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1874. It is found in the south-western United States, as well as Colorado, Oregon, Washington,[1] Manitoba, New York and Pennsylvania.[2]

Pima albiplagiatella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Pima
Species:
P. albiplagiatella
Binomial name
Pima albiplagiatella
(Packard, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Myelois albiplagiatella Packard, 1874

The wingspan is about 20 mm.[3] There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Astragalus species, including Astragalus allochrous, Astragalus thurberi and Astragalus wootonii, as well as Lathyrus species.

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