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Species Maruca vitrata - Bean Pod Borer Moth - Hodges#5240.1

Maruca vitrata – Bean Pod Borer Moth - Maruca vitrata
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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 Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Spilomelinae
Tribe Margaroniini
Genus Maruca
Species vitrata (Bean Pod Borer Moth - Hodges#5240.1)
Hodges Number
5240.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Phalaena vitrata Fabricius, 1787
Crochiphora testulalis Geyer, 1832
Hydrocampe aquitilis Guérin-Méneville, [1832]
Botys bifenestralis Mabille, 1880
Range
Pantropical. Probably introduced
Print References
Fabricius, J. C. 1787: Mantissa Insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. – Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. 215.
Sharma, H.C., Saxena, K.B., & Bhagwat, V.R. 1999. The legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata: bionomics and management. Information Bulletin no. 55 (In En. Sum m aries in En, Fr.). Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. PDF
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Wikipedia
Geographic distribution
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 November, 2013 - 9:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 2:11pm

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