Busseola fusca

Busseola fusca
Busseola fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Busseola
Species: B. fusca
Binomial name
Busseola fusca
Fuller, 1901

Busseola fusca is a species of moth that is also known as the maize stalk borer.[1][2] It is known from Ethiopia.

The wingspan is 35-40 mm. Adults are pale brown.

The larvae feed on various grasses, as well as Zea mays, Sorghum and Saccharum species.

References

  1. ^ Hassanali, A.; Herren, H.; Khan, Z. R.; Pickett, J. A.; Woodcock, C. M. (2008). "Integrated pest management: the push-pull approach for controlling insect pests and weeds of cereals, and its potential for other agricultural systems including animal husbandry". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363: 611. doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2173.  edit
  2. ^ "Busseola fusca (Fuller)". ethiopia.ipm-info.org. http://ethiopia.ipm-info.org/insect_pests_ethiopia/Busseola_fusca.htm. 
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