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 | |
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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]
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