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Sesamia nonagrioides

Synonyms: Cossus nonagrioides; Sesamia ciccarelli; Sesamia gracilis; Sesamia hesperica (heterotypic); Sesamia sacchari

Wikipedia Abstract

Sesamia nonagrioides, the Mediterranean corn borer, Pink stalk borer or West African pink borer, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Lefebvre in 1827. It is found in Spain, southern France, Italy and on the Balkan Peninsula, as well as in north-western, south-western and western Africa. The wingspan is 30–40 mm. The forewings are grey-yellowish, marked with a marginal band and with rounded spots. The hindwings are white.There is a variable number of generations per year, ranging from two in southern France to up to four in Morocco.
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1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0