Coniesta ignefusalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Haimbachiini |
Genus: | Coniesta |
Species: | C. ignefusalis
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Binomial name | |
Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson, 1919)
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Coniesta ignefusalis, the pearl millet stem-borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919.[1]
Coniesta ignefusalis is found throughout the West African Sahel, including in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria, where the species is known by local farmers as a major pest of grain crops.[2][3]
As a major grain crop pest in the Sahel,[4][5] the larvae attack pearl millet, sorghum, and maize. It is the main pearl millet pest in Senegal.[6] It also affects pearl millet crops in northern Mali.[7]