A '''stemborer''' ('''stem borer''') is any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems. However the term most frequently refers among the Coleoptera to the larva of certain longhorn beetles such as ''Dorysthenes buqueti'' and those of the genus ''Oberea'', and among the Lepidoptera to certain moths of the Crambidae, Castniidae, Gelechiidae, Nolidae, and Pyralidae families. [[File:Eucomatocera vittata-Kadavoor-2017-05-23-001.jpg|thumb|''Eucomatocera vittata'' is a stemborer pest in ''Pueraria phaseoloides'']] Stem borers include: ;Coleoptera *Banana stemborer weevil (''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|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 (''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 (''Dorysthenes buqueti'')
;Lepidoptera *African pink stemborer (''Sesamia calamistis'') *African white stemborer (''Maliarpha separatella'') *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 (''Telchin licus'') *Egyptian stemborer (''Earias insulana'') *Gold-fringed rice stemborer (''Chilo auricilius'')<ref name="RKB" /> *Pearl millet stem borer (''Coniesta ignefusalis'') *Spotted stem borer (''Chilo partellus'') *Tomato stemborer (''Symmetrischema tangolias'') *Yellow rice stem borer (''Scirpophaga incertulas'')<ref name="RKB" /> *White rice stemborer (''Scirpophaga innotata'')<ref name="RKB" />
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