Sesamia inferens

Sesamia inferens
Sesamia inferens
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Sesamia
Species: S. inferens
Binomial name
Sesamia inferens
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucania inferens Walker, 1856
  • Leucania proscripta Walker, 1856
  • Sesamia tranquilaris Butler, 1880
  • Nonagria gracilis Butler, 1880
  • Sesamia albicillata Snellen, 1880
  • Nonagria innocens Butler, 1881
  • Sesamia creticoides Strand, 1920
  • Sesamia kosempoana Strand, 1920
  • Sesamia sokutsuana Strand, 1920
  • Semasia hirayamae Matsumura, 1929

The Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer, Pink rice borer, Pink rice stem borer, Pink stem borer, Pink stem borer, Purple borer, Purple stem borer or Purplish stem borer (Sesamia inferens) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Pakistan to Japan and the Solomon Islands.[2]

The larvae mostly feed on Gramineae species, including Coix, Echinochloa, Oryza, Panicum, Saccharum, Setaria, Triticum, Zea and Zizania. Many of the food plants are of economic importance.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sesamia at funet
  2. ^ PaDIL
  3. ^ The Moths of Borneo
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