Sesamia inferens

TaxID: 492764

Basic Information

Sesamia inferens

Noctuid moth, Purple Stem Borer, purple stem borer

Sesamia inferens, the Asiatic pink stem borer, gramineous stem borer, pink borer, pink rice borer, pink rice stem borer, pink stem borer, purple borer, purple stem borer or purplish stem borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Japan and the Solomon Islands. A polyphagous species, it is a major pest in many crops worldwide.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Sesamia

inferens

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Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (4 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (9 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil A1 list 2018
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (23 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Guam Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_037179545.1 Chromosome 963 30166 33394 -

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature