Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) - Lima Bean Pod Borer

Taxonomic Information

Etiella Zeller, 1839 species known from India:
Etiella grisea Hampson, 1903. Lacks a conspicuous white subcostal fascia on forewing. 
Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) - Lima Bean Pod Borer. India. 

Etiella behrii (Zeller, 1848) (Australian species; best separated by comparing genitalia). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Etiella zinckenella - Lima Bean Pod Borer


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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh1
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi1
Goa
Gujarat4212
Haryana
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Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka12
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra111
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
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Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) – Lima Bean Pod Borer: Zea mays (Poaceae), Vigna unguiculata, Vigna mungo, Vicia sativa, Vicia faba, Phaseolus vulgaris, Lathyrus oleraceus, Lathyrus sativus, Robinia pseudoacacia, Sesbania, Spartium, Tephrosia candida, Tephrosia vogelii, Lablab purpureus, Lupinus spp.,Macrotyloma uniflorum, Mucuna, Parkia, Phaseolus lunatus, Crotalaria linifolia ,Crotalaria retusa, Crotalaria spectabilis, Crotalaria trichotoma, Glycine max, Cicer arietinum, Arachis hypogaea, Caesalpinia, Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria saltiana? (Fabaceae),  Opuntia (Cactaceae), Cucurbita, Citrullus spp. (Cucurbitaceae), Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae), Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). 
  1. OD: Etiella zinckenella Treitschke, 1832. Versuch einer naturgemäßen Eintheilung der Schaben. Isis von Oken, Leipzig [32] (3). 
  2. Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs. pg. 108, #4434.
  3. Liu, H.X. and Li, H.H., 2014. Taxonomic study of the genus Etiella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) in China.Zoological Systematics 39(1), pp.149-153.
  4. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyra/zinckenella.html
  5. https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=77023
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126738-Etiella-zinckenella
 

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) – Lima Bean Pod Borer. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/etiella-zinckenella, accessed 2024/03/29.