# Stemborer

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A '''stemborer''' ('''stem borer''') is any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into [plant stem](/source/plant_stem)s. However the term most frequently refers among the [Coleoptera](/source/Coleoptera) to the larva of certain [longhorn beetles](/source/longhorn_beetles) such as ''[Dorysthenes buqueti](/source/Dorysthenes_buqueti)'' and those of the genus ''[Oberea](/source/Oberea)'', and among the [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) to certain moths of the [Crambidae](/source/Crambidae), [Castniidae](/source/Castniidae), [Gelechiidae](/source/Gelechiidae), [Nolidae](/source/Nolidae), and [Pyralidae](/source/Pyralidae) families.
[[File:Eucomatocera vittata-Kadavoor-2017-05-23-001.jpg|thumb|''[Eucomatocera vittata](/source/Eucomatocera_vittata)'' is a stemborer pest in ''[Pueraria phaseoloides](/source/Pueraria_phaseoloides)'']]
Stem borers include:
;Coleoptera
*Banana stemborer weevil (''[Cosmopolites](/source/Cosmopolites) sordidus'')<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Gold, Clifford S. |author2=Pena, Jorge E. |author3=Karamura, Eldad B. |name-list-style=amp |year=2001|title=Biology and integrated pest management for the banana weevil ''Cosmopolites sordidus'' (Germar)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) |journal=Integrated Pest Management Reviews |volume=6|issue=2|pages=79–155|doi=10.1023/A:1023330900707|s2cid=81059999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Kolappan, B. |title=Stem borer a nightmare for banana farmers|newspaper=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stem-borer-a-nightmare-for-banana-farmers/article5104662.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911061230/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stem-borer-a-nightmare-for-banana-farmers/article5104662.ece|archivedate=11 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[Coffee white stem borer](/source/Coffee_white_stem_borer) (''Xylotrechus quadripes'')<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Venkatesha, Melally Giddegowda |author2=Dinesh, Anegunda Shankara |name-list-style=amp |year=2012|title=The coffee white stemborer ''Xylotrechus quadripes'' (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): bioecology, status and management|journal=International Journal of Tropical Insect Science |volume=32|issue=4|pages=177–188|doi=10.1017/S1742758412000331|bibcode=2012IJTIS..32..177V |s2cid=83667299 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236847415}}</ref>
*[Sugarcane longhorn stemborer](/source/Sugarcane_longhorn_stemborer) (''Dorysthenes buqueti'')

;Lepidoptera
*African pink stemborer (''[Sesamia](/source/Sesamia) calamistis'')
*[African white stemborer](/source/African_white_stemborer) (''Maliarpha separatella'')
*[Asiatic rice stemborer](/source/Asiatic_rice_stemborer) (striped rice stemborer, ''Chilo suppressalis'')<ref name="RKB">{{Cite web|title=IRRI Rice insect pest factsheet: Stem borer |publisher=Rice Knowledge Bank|url=http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest-management/insects/item/stem-borer |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122174830/http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/training/fact-sheets/pest-management/insects/item/stem-borer |archivedate=22 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[Banana stem borer](/source/Banana_stem_borer) (''Telchin licus'') 
*[Egyptian stemborer](/source/Egyptian_stemborer) (''Earias insulana'')
*[Gold-fringed rice stemborer](/source/Gold-fringed_rice_stemborer) (''Chilo auricilius'')<ref name="RKB" />
*Pearl millet stem borer (''[Coniesta ignefusalis](/source/Coniesta_ignefusalis)'')
*Spotted stem borer (''[Chilo partellus](/source/Chilo_partellus)'')
*[Tomato stemborer](/source/Tomato_stemborer) (''Symmetrischema tangolias'') 
*[Yellow rice stem borer](/source/Yellow_rice_stem_borer) (''Scirpophaga incertulas'')<ref name="RKB" />
*[White rice stemborer](/source/White_rice_stemborer) (''Scirpophaga innotata'')<ref name="RKB" />

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