Papaipema nebris
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| 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.
[edit] Description
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.
[edit] Symptoms and Signs
Tunnelling of stalks and twigs.
[edit] Ecology
Overwintering as pupae in weedy areas. More problematic in no-till systems, since plowing under provides good control.
[edit] Host plants
- 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
[edit] Control
- Cultural controls: Control weedy hosts, plowing or tilling.
