A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017).

View Record Details Photo by Mark Etheridge MBP List

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/22/2014).

Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 233575 - Psn: 20)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2013).

View Record Details Photo by Scott Housten MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 944006 - Psn: 28)

View Record Details Photo by Bill Hubick MBP List

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/17/2016). Determined by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide.

View Record Details Photo by Thomas Wilson MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1152207 - Psn: 52)

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

View Record Details Photo by Frode Jacobsen MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/21/2015). (c) treichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 226506 - Psn: 55)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 624323 - Psn: 66)

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

View Record Details Photo by Jim Brighton MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/28/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 272934 - Psn: 68)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth collected in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/21/).

View Record Details Photo by John Glaser MBP List

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved (Photo ID: 1403744 - Psn: 200)

View Record Details Photo by Timothy Reichard MBP List

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Status

From Glaser (Micromoths): This is a common pest species of tropical America, the southern U.S., and Bermuda, migrating as far north as Canada in some seasons (taken at least twice in Nova Scotia) (Ferguson, Hilburn, and Wright, 1991: 42). It must reach Maryland more frequently than the existing records would suggest.

Relationships

From Glaser (Micromoths): The larva feeds on a wide variety of plants, including beans, corn, cowpeas, crabgrass, and related grasses, sugar cane, sorghum, peanuts, turnips, wheat, strawberry plants, flax, black locust, cotton, etc. (Heinrich, 1956: 173).

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A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/22/2014). Media by Timothy Reichard.

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/28/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/17/2016). Determined by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth collected in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/21/). View Record Details Media by John Glaser.