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Maruca vitrata
A pantropical insect pest of leguminous crops like pigeon pea, cowpea, mung bean and soybean. It can cause losses of 20-80% on the harvests of cowpeas. Its feeding sites on plants are flower-buds, flowers and young pods (in some cases early instars feed on flower peduncles and young stems).
Urban garden.
Spotted on Dec 12, 2014
Submitted on Dec 14, 2014
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Lots of common names for this uncommonly beautiful moth!