PESTS OF PEARL MILLET :: Minor Pests :: Semilooper

9. Semilooper: Antoba (Eublemma) silicula (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

Distribution:  India

Hosts:  Sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet

Damage symptoms: Extensive webbing of grains and presence of broken grains on the ear head.

Bionomics: The adult moth is small with reddish buff coloured wings having wavy lines.  Eggs are laid on spikelet and grain.  The egg period is 4 days.  Larva is a pale yellow semilooper.  Larval period lasts for 12-13 days.  It pupates within the gallery for about 12 days.