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Mung Bean Moth
Vijay Barve, CC0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Mung Bean Moth

Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)

Names

EnglishMung Bean Moth
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese豆荚野螟
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameMaruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)

About this species

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.

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyCrambidae
GenusMaruca

In Suriname

30Records in Suriname
29iNaturalist observations
2010First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo18
  • Sipaliwini11
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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