Pyralidae : Phycitinae
Etiella zinckenella
ETIELLA zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
Etiella zinckenella
ETIELLA zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult only
Description
Vernacular Name: Pea Pod Borer
Wingspan: 22 - 26mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Belgium,Channel Isles,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Norway,Slovenia,Sweden,Cyrus and Crete ) : in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia : Introduced into America and Australia
UK Distribution: Rare migrant occasionally appearing along south coast
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Cultivated Areas
Similar Species -
Larva: Larva overwinters in cocoon just below the soil at about 5cm max.
Pupa: Pupates in spring
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is a very rare migrant from southern Europe, having only arrived here about six times since 1990 with a vast range from southern Europe into the tropic and subtropic regions of the world where it is considered a pest of grain legumes,destroying the seeds of many familiar cultivated plants.
It has been introduced into America and Australia.
The forewings which are longer than the abdomen are yellow - brownish grey wings with a characteristic white costal stripe and an orange spot at basal third up against a blackish basal line.
Wingspan: 22 - 26mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Belgium,Channel Isles,Estonia,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,Norway,Slovenia,Sweden,Cyrus and Crete ) : in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia : Introduced into America and Australia
UK Distribution: Rare migrant occasionally appearing along south coast
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant
- Least concern
- Phycis zinckenella Treitschke, 1832
- Phycis zinckenella Treitschke, 1832
- Sicily
Habitat: Cultivated Areas
Similar Species -
Larva: Larva overwinters in cocoon just below the soil at about 5cm max.
Pupa: Pupates in spring
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: This moth is a very rare migrant from southern Europe, having only arrived here about six times since 1990 with a vast range from southern Europe into the tropic and subtropic regions of the world where it is considered a pest of grain legumes,destroying the seeds of many familiar cultivated plants.
It has been introduced into America and Australia.
The forewings which are longer than the abdomen are yellow - brownish grey wings with a characteristic white costal stripe and an orange spot at basal third up against a blackish basal line.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feed on 80 species of cultivated and wild legumes including soybeans, pea, lentil, lupine, vetch, white and
yellow (Siberian pea shrub) acacia, clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, vetchling, astragals
Larva feed on 80 species of cultivated and wild legumes including soybeans, pea, lentil, lupine, vetch, white and
yellow (Siberian pea shrub) acacia, clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, vetchling, astragals
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legumes
- Acmispon americanus - American Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Arachis hypogaea - Peanut
- Astragalus mollissimus - Wooley Locoweed
- Baptisia cinerea - Wild Indigo
- Cajanus cajan - Pigeon Pea
- Cicer arietinum - Chick Pea
- Clitoria laurifolia - No Common Name
- Colutea arborscens - Bladder Senna
- Crotalaria incana - Rattlepod
- Crotalaria juncea - Indian Hemp
- Crotalaria lanceolata - No Common Name
- Crotalaria micans - No Common Name
- Crotalaria Pallida - Smooth Rattlebox
- Crotalaria retusa - Rattleweed
- Crotalaria rotundifolia - Prostrate Rattlebox
- Crotalaria saltiana - African Rattlebox
- Crotalaria spectabilis - Showy Rattlebox
- Crotalaria zanzibarica - No Common Name
- Glycine max - Soya Bean
- Lablab purpureus - Hyacinth Bean
- Lathyrus sativus - Chickling Pea,White Pea
- Lupinus arboreus - Tree Lupin, Yellow bush lupine
- Macroptilium panduratum - No Common Name
- Macrotyloma uniflorum - Horse Gram
- Medicago sativa - Lucerne
- Phaseolus lunatus - Lima Bean
- Phaseolus vulgaris - French Bean,Kidney bean
- Psium sativum - Garden Pea
- Robinia pseudoacacia - Black Locust
- Tephrosia candida - White Tephrosia
- Tephrosia sinapou - No Common Name
- Tephrosia vogelii - Fish-poison Bean
- Vicia faba - Horsebean
- Vicia sativa - Winter Tares
- Vigna mungo - Black Gram
- Vigna unguiculata - Jerusalem Pea
- Zea mays - Sweetcorn
- Fagaceae - Oak - Chestnut - Beech Family
- Castanea sativa - Sweet Chestnut
- Palmae - Palm Family
- Elaeis guineensis - African Oil Palm
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Cydonia oblonga - Quince
- Solanaceae - Bedstraw Family
- Capsicum annuum - Sweet Pepper
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Phycitinae Phycitini ETIELLA Zeller 1839 Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) - Phycis zinckenella Treitschke, 1832 - PHYCIS zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832) = Tinea marginella Fabricius, 1781 = Phycis etiella Treitschke, 1835 = Tinea (Chilo) colonnellus Costa, [1836] = Tinea (Chilo) majorellus Costa, [1836] = Mella dymnusalis Walker, 1859 = Rhamphodes heraldella Guenée, 1862 = Alata anticalis Walker, 1863 = Arucha indicatalis Walker, 1863 = Alata hastiferella Walker, 1866 = Pempelia spartiella Rondani, 1876 = Crambus sabulinus Butler, 1879 = Etiella madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1880 = Etiella schisticolor Zeller, 1881 = Etiella villosella Hulst, 1887 = Etiella rubribasella Hulst, 1890 = scitivittalis Walker, 1896 - Die schmetterlinge von Europa by Ochsenheimer, Ferdinand, 1767-1822; Treitschke, Georg Friedrich, 1776-1842 : V9 - Pt1 : Title Page : P.201 - n45 - Sicily |