Southern European marshland pyralid
January 1, 1970
Damage symptoms The caterpillars often stay in the lower strata of the crop, sometimes attacking the stem of the plant as well as the leaves. Late instar [...] plants, such as roses and gerbera, aquatic plants, vegetable crops such as celery, pepper and lettuce, and weeds. The secretive habit of the caterpillars of [...] of crowns and possibly stem collapse. The holes bored into the stem can facilitate infection by the fungus Botrytis cinerea. In gerbera, the flower buds