PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Major Pests :: White Borer

2.  White borer: Saluria inficita (Phycitidae: Lepidoptera)

Damage symptoms: A potential pest on finger millet in South India. Larva bores into the stem at the base of the tiller close to the soil level and causes dead heart.

Bionomics: Adult is a small moth with dark brown forewings with a white band along the anterior margin and white hind wings.  Larva is creamy white with yellow head.