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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
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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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