Chilo terrenellus

Chilo • Crambidae • Pyraloidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Chilo terrenellus forewing of male (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): S. Anderson, DAFF Biosecurity
Source: PaDIL

Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher - (sugarcane stem borer)

The moth attacks sugarcane in Papua New Guinea and far northern Queensland.

Publications covering Chilo terrenellus

Australian Journal of Entomology (2007) 46, 35-39
Judy F. Grimshaw and John F. Donaldson (2007)
Records of two sugarcane pests Eumetopina flavipes Muir (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and Chilo terrenellus Pagenstecher (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Torres Strait and far north Queensland

• Other images of Chilo terrenellus (PaDIL - click to enlarge)
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  hindwing of female

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  larva in sugarcane stem

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  head of male

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  male genitalia

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  male aedeagus