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| MAIZE |
| 1. Maize Shoot fly |
| 2. Stem Borer |
| 3. Pink Stem Borer |
| 4. Corn worm / Ear worm |
| 5. web worm |
| 6. aphid |
| 7. shoot bug |
| 8. climbing cut worm |
| 9. ash weevil |
| 10. phadka grasshopper |
| 11. leafhopper |
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PESTS OF MAIZE :: Major Pests
Major pests |
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1. |
Maize shootfly |
Atherigona orientalis |
Muscidae |
Diptera |
2. |
Stem borer |
Chilo partellus |
Crambidae |
Lepidoptera |
3. |
Pink stem borer |
Sesamia inferens |
Noctuidae |
Lepidoptera |
4. |
Cornworm/ Earworm |
Helicoverpa armigera |
Noctuidae |
Lepidoptera |
5. |
Web worm |
Cryptoblabes gnidiella |
Pyraustidae |
Lepidoptera |
6. |
Aphid |
Rhopalosiphum maidis |
Aphididae |
Hemiptera |
7. |
Shoot bug |
Peregrinus maidis |
Delphacidae |
Hemiptera |