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 edit
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 edit
Tunnelling of stalks and twigs.
Ecology edit
Overwintering as pupae in weedy areas. More problematic in no-till systems, since plowing under provides good control.
Host plants edit
- Acer
- Alcea
- Ambrosia
- Asparagus
- Aster
- Bellis
- Beta
- Catalpa
- Calendula
- Capsicum
- Centaurea (Bachelor’s Buttons)
- Chrysanthemum
- Cirsium
- Cucumis
- Dahlia
- Delphinium
- Dendranthema
- Fragaria (Strawberry)
- Fraxinus
- Gladiolus
- Gossypium
- Hordeum
- Iris (Iris)
- Lilium
- Lycopersicon
- Medicago
- Monarda
- Paeonia
- Phaeseolus
- Phlox
- Pisum
- Poa
- Prunus
- Rheum (Rhubarb)
- Ribes
- Rosa
- Rubus
- Rudbeckia
- Salix
- Salvia (Sage)
- Sambucus
- Secale
- Solanum
- Spinacia
- Verbena
- Zea
- Zinnia
Control edit
- Cultural controls: Control weedy hosts, plowing or tilling.