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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA) | ||
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY | ||
Couplet 35 | ||
| Prespiracular shield of prothorax crescent shaped extending below spiracle (Fig. 75) ...............................................................................................................................Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico to South America, adventive in Hawaii Hosts: 2006: Lablab sp., Lablab purpureus, Lathyrus sp., Limonium sinuatum, Phaseolus sp., Phaseolus lunatus, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, Sesbania grandiflora, Vigna sp., Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata pre-1998: beans, legumes, peas, pigeion pea Note: this species was known as Maruca testulalis (Geyer), synonymized by Munroe et al. 1995; there are a few records of adults captured in the southern U.S; see also Ferguson, not dated; Solis 2003 |  | |
| Prespiracular shield of prothorax extending below and behind spiracle (Fig. 76) ..................................................................................................................................................Megastes sp. Distribution: West Indies Host: sweet potato |  | |
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