Major pests
1.
Sorghum Shootfly
Atherigona soccata
Muscidae
Diptera
2.
Stem borer
Chilo partellus
Crambidae
Lepidoptera
3.
Pink stem borer
Sesamia inferens
Noctuidae
4
Shoot bug
Peregrinus maidis
Delphacidae
Hemiptera
5.
Earhead bug
Calocoris angustatus
Miridae
6.
Sorghum midge
Contarinia sorghicola
Cecidomyiidae
7.
Plant lice (Aphids)
Rhopalosiphum maidis, Melanaphis sacchari
Aphididae