bio.wikisort.org - Animal

Stenachroia elongella, the sorghum earhead worm or cob borer, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1898.[1] It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Stenachroia elongella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Stenachroia
Species:	S. elongella
Binomial name
Stenachroia elongella Hampson, 1898

During 1977 and 1978, the species was recorded as a major pest of maize cobs, damaging mature grains, in the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, India.[4][5]

References

---