Papaipema nebris

Stalk Borer
Binomial:Papaipema nebris
Order: Lepidoptera
Metamorphosis:Complete
Damaging stages:Larval
Generations per year:1-2

The Common Stalk Borer, Papaipema nebris, is a pest of a very wide range of host plants.

Description

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Caterpillars are brown with a white dorsal stripe, primarily living inside the stalks or twigs of host plants, but migrating between hosts as they grow. Adults are gray moths.

Symptoms and Signs

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Tunnelling of stalks and twigs.

Ecology

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Overwintering as pupae in weedy areas. More problematic in no-till systems, since plowing under provides good control.

Host plants

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Control

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References

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