Bean pod borer, Ivoloina park, Madagascar

A pretty Cambrid, but did not realize its brutal reputation as a pest. Still pretty though, check out the golden shine of the thorax.

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Christine Young

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Definitely pretty, especially the shiny, hairy back. Too bad it's such a pest. Posted 5 years ago

The Bean pod borer

''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. It can cause losses of 20–80% on the harvests of cowpeas.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant