TL: Europe
29-34 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
EnglishCorn stem borer
EnglishDurra stem borer
EnglishGreater sugarcane borer
EnglishMaize borer
EnglishPink sugarcane borer
EnglishPurple stem borer
EnglishSorghum stem borer
FrançaisNonagrie crétoise
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Oryza sativa Asian rice Poaceae Pennisetum glaucum Pearl millet Poaceae Saccharum officinarum Sugarcane Poaceae Sorghum Poaceae Zea mays Maize
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Sesamia nonagrioides cretica Lederer, 1857 Nonagria cyrnaea Mabille, 1866 Sesamia fraterna Moore, 1882 Sesamia pecki Tams, 1938
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Afro Moths Jurate De Prins. Willy De Prins
Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner
Lepiforum e. V.
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| Extinct | |
| Extinct in the wild | |
| Critically endangered | |
| Endangered | |
| Vulnerable | |
| Near Threatened | |
| Least Concern | |
| Lower Risk | |
| Legally protected | |
| CITES |