Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Katjangvlindertje
Common Names in English:
Bean Pod Borer, Legume Pod Borer, Mung Moth
Common Names in French:
Pyrale Du Pois
Common Names in German:
Bohnenzünsler
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 166 meters (545 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Maruca
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. testulalis (Bean Pod Borer) · M. vitrata (Bean Pod Borer)
More Info
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 16, 2008:
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1583046
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-24660.0
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13989574
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1038273
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 637.640 based on 721 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
