Maize Stem / Shoot Borer

Catalogue Type
Plant Pests Catalogue
Scientific Name
Chilo Partellus
Family
Pyralidae
Distinguishing Characters
Bodies are yellowish brown with straw coloured wings with marks, hairy hindwings.
Yellowish brown with a brown head in larvae.
Host Crop
Maize, sorghum, sugarcane, ragi and bajra
Order
Lepidoptera
Photo of Insect
Photo of Damaged Crop