2. Internode borer: Chilo sacchariphagus indicus (Crambidae: Lepidoptera)
Distribution and status: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Host range: Pearl millet, rice and sorghum
Damage symptoms
Internodes constricted and shortened, with a number of boreholes and fresh excreta in the nodal region. Affected tissues become reddened.

Bionomics
Larva: White with four violet longitudinal stripes and light brown head. Adult: Pale brown with white hind wings. 

• Avoid use of excessive nitrogen fertilizers
• Release egg parasitoid: Trichogramma chilonis @ 2.5 m.l / ha – 6 releases – 4th   month onwards at 15 days intervals
• Release larval parasitoids: Stenobracon deesae,  Apanteles flavipes,
• Release pupal parasitoids: Tetrastichus ayyari, Trichospilus diatraeaeApply carbofuran 3G granules to soil @ 30/kg per hectare, if damage is severe.
• If the damage is acute, apply carbofuran 3 G 30 kg /ha