Etiella hobsoni

Etiella • Pyralidae • Pyraloidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Etiella hobsoni (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Merle Shepard, Gerald R.Carner, and P.A.C Ooi
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Etiella hobsoni (Butler, 1881)

This moth is found in South-East Asia and Australia where it breeds in the pods of legumes. Damage has been mainly reported from soybean. It has a similar appearance and causes similar damage compared to E. zinckenella which is found around the world. However, E. hobsoni is slightly smaller and lacks the white stripe along the anterior margin of the forewings.

Publications covering Etiella hobsoni

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2000) 97, 137-147
R.P. Edmonds, J.H. Borden, N.P.D. Angerilli and A. Rauf (2000)
A comparison of the developmental and reproductive biology of two soybean pod borer, Etiella spp. in Indonesia