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Maruca vitrata is a pantropical insect pest of leguminous crops like pigeon pea, cowpea, mung bean and soybean. Its common names include the maruca pod borer, bean pod borer, soybean pod borer, mung moth, and the legume pod borer. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787.
Adisura atkinsoni, the field-bean pod borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1881. It is found in Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Congo, Kenya, Uganda and on Madagascar.
Maruca is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae, [2] commonly known as bean pod borers. Species. Maruca amboinalis (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Etiella zinckenella, the pulse pod borer moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in southern and eastern Europe [2] and in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia. They have also been introduced to North America and Australia. [3] It is usually a minor pest for many legumes, but can be a serious pest. Caterpillar
Spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata, is a major insect pest in mung bean in the tropics and subtropics. [28] The pest causes a yield loss of 2–84% in mung bean amounting to US $30 million. The larvae damage all the stages of the crop including flowers, stems, peduncles, and pods; however, heavy damage occurs at the flowering stage where the ...
Maruca vitrata – bean-pod borer; Omiodes diemenalis – bean leafroller; Parotis suralis; Piletocera fluctualis; 2 undescribed Prophantis species; Sameodes cancellalis; undescribed Scoparia species; Stemorrhages oceanitis – emerald crambus; Tatobotys biannulalis
Fresh beans that are still in their pods, such as green beans, are also legumes. Health benefits of beans. Beans are an excellent source of protein, amino acids and fiber.
Future generations of adults in later seasons will migrate back to forests to overwinter. Knowledge of bean leaf beetle flight capacity is important because the beetles are the primary vector for bean pod mottle virus, and pathogen epidemiology is dependent on beetle movement. A majority of beetle flights are short, usually less than 30 minutes ...