Maruca vitrata ( Fabricius, 1787 )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 108

Maruca vitrata ( Fabricius, 1787)

COMMON NAME (S): Bean Pod Borer, Bean Pod Borer Moth, Bean Podborer, Beanpod Borer, Bean-pod Borer, Lace Pearl, Legume Pod Borer Moth, Legume Podborer, Mung Moth.

SYNONYM(S): Crochiphora testulalis Geyer, 1832 ; Hydrocampa aquitilis Guérin-Méneville, 1832 ; Botys bifenestralis Mabille, 1880e .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Australia (Queensland), Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador (Galápagos (Galápagos Islands )), Ethiopia, Fiji, French

Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Great Britain, Guadeloupe, Hawaii, Hispaniola, Honduras, Hong Kong, India,

Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia ,

Netherlands, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Russia, Seychelles,

Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United

Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Chilanga and Lusaka, in Lusaka Province; Livingstone, in Southern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants of the taxon include: Two Fabaceae species ( Phaseolus vulgaris L. and Pisum sativum L.), one Malvaceae species ( Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) and one Solanaceae species ( Nicotiana tabacum L. )

in the Réunion; two Fabaceae species ( Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. and Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in

Uganda; one Fabaceae species ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Burkina Faso ( Margam et al. 2011);

One Fabaceae species ( Vigna unguiculata ) in Nigeria and Niger; one Fabaceae species ( Cajanus indicus

Spreng.) in Seychelles; one Fabaceae species ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Democratic Republic of

Congo; one Fabaceae species ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) in Uganda and one Fabaceae species ( Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek) and one Poaceae species ( Oryza sativa L.) in an unnamed African country or countries.

The taxon is a crop pest. The African Moths webpage lists six Fabaceae species ( Cajanus cajan (L.)

Millsp., Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek, P. vulgaris L. [common bean or green bean], Pisum sativum

L. [Pea], Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. [cowpea] and Cajanus indicus Spreng. [The pigeon pea], one

Malvaceae species ( Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) one Solanaceae ( Nicotiana tabacum L. [cultivated tobacco]) and one Poaceae species ( Oryza sativa L. [Rice]) as larval foodplants for the taxon.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Asselbergs 2008; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Ghesquière 1940b; Guillermet 2009; Hampson 1910c; Legrand 1966; Margam et al. 2011; Nyiira 1973; Poltavsky et al. 2018b.

Genus Marwitzia Gaede, 1917c