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Maruca vitrata

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Maruca

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Scientific name
  
Maruca vitrata

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Species

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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.

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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.

Maruca vitrata Insect Pests

Biological

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Some parasitoid wasps have been shown to serve as a biological control for Maruca vitrata. Parasitoid families include Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and Tachinidae.

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Maruca vitrata Wikipedia