Gold-banded etiella moth
The gold-banded etiella is a small brownish moth with a pale stripe along the front edge of each wing. Near the base of its wings it has a yellowish and chestnut band. Its caterpillars live inside bean and pea pods.
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Fun facts
Its other name is the pulse pod borer, because its caterpillars eat their way into pods of beans and peas.
It is usually only a small pest, but sometimes it can do a lot of damage to crops.
Its back wings are pale grey with black veins.
Most asked questions about Gold-banded etiella moth
?What does the gold-banded etiella moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat beans, peas, chickpeas and other pod plants.
?How big is the gold-banded etiella moth?
Its wings measure about 22 to 26 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Etiella zinckenella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Pulse pod borer moth
Where the facts come from
- Etiella zinckenella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sarefo. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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