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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
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  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Dart, Sallow, and Cutworm Moths and Allies
  7. Sesamia
  8. Purple Stem Borer
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What supports Purple Stem Borer

5 native plants
support it in the US
5 caterpillar hosts

Caterpillar hosts All

5 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

  • Pearl Millet Cenchrus americanus
  • Ditch Millet Paspalum scrobiculatum
  • Knotroot Bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
  • Sea Clubrush Bolboschoenus maritimus
  • Finger Flatsedge Cyperus digitatus

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