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Maruca vitrata
Brown and white moth that sits almost upright on its first two pair of legs. The antennae are held flat against the back. This is a pantropical insect pest of leguminous crops, with the larvae feeding on the flower-buds, flowers and young pods.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
See: http://oar.icrisat.org/6608/1/IB%20no%20... on the Bionomics and Management of this Legume Pod Borer.
Thank you bayucca. I never would have thought this was such an important pest.
Crambidae, Spilomelinae, Maruca vitrata. A global pest.
http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1401
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Tax...
http://oar.icrisat.org/6608/1/IB%20no%20...