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Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886)

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Higher taxa: Crambidae (family)/  Crambinae (subfamily)/  Chiloini (tribe)/  Chilo (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Swinhoe, 1886)
Citation:Crambus partellus, n. sp.
Original genus:Crambus
Publication:Swinhoe C. 1886a. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan.
Journal:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:(1885)
Issue:4
Pagination:879
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697936
Name(English):Sorghum stem borer, Spotted stalk borer
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Chilo partellus (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Syntype ♂ NHMUK Syntypes ♂, ♀, NHMUK. India India, Maharashtra, Bombay [Mumbai] or Poona [Pune], ix and xi.
Distribution note:

Cosmopolitan, probably of East Palaearctic or Oriental origin (Picker & Griffiths 2011: 120).

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Błeszyński S. 1963a. Studies on the Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part 39. On some Ethiopian Crambidae with descriptions of four new species. page 3
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Ethiopia Błeszyński S. 1963a. Studies on the Crambidae (Lepidoptera). Part 39. On some Ethiopian Crambidae with descriptions of four new species. page 3
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Kenya Mathez F. C. 1972. Chilo partellus, Swinh., C. orichalcociliella, Strand. (Lep. Crambidae) and Sesamia calamistis Hmpsn. (Lep. Noctuidae) on maize in the Coast Province, Kenya. page 280
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Lesotho Ebenebe A. A., van der Berg J. & van der Linde T. C. 1999. Distribution and relative abundance of stalk borers of maize and sorghum in Lesotho.
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Madagascar Viette P. 1971a. Les Pyralidae Crambinae des îles de l'Océan indien occidental (Lep.). page 72
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Malawi Tams W. H. T. 1932a. New species of African Heterocera. page 127 (as lutulentalis)
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Mozambique page K. Braun
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Nigeria Bosque-Pérez N. A., Ubeku J. A. & Polaszek A. 1994. Survey for parasites of Sesamia calamistis (Lep.: Noctuidae) and Eldana saccharina (Lep.: Pyralidae) in southwestern Nigeria. page 367
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) South Africa Gauteng page J. Heyns
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Sudan Błeszyński S. 1965b. Studies on the Crambinae. Part 42. The Crambinae from Sudan collected by R. Remane in 1962. page 3
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Tanzania Błeszyński S. 1970a. A revision of the World species of Chilo Zincken (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 128
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Uganda Błeszyński S. 1970a. A revision of the World species of Chilo Zincken (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 128
Plant note:

See also J. C. Mathez (1972), H. Van Hamburg (1979, 1980).

Van Hamburg H. 1980. The grain-sourghum stalk-borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): survival and location of larvae at different infestation levels in plants of different of ages.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Cenchrus americanus Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 47 (as Pennisetum glaucum)
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Oryza sativa Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 131
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Panicum maximum Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 47 (as zonellus)
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Panicum maximum Poaceae Kenya Mathez F. C. 1972. Chilo partellus, Swinh., C. orichalcociliella, Strand. (Lep. Crambidae) and Sesamia calamistis Hmpsn. (Lep. Noctuidae) on maize in the Coast Province, Kenya. page 280
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Saccharum officinarum Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 131
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Saccharum officinarum Poaceae Kenya Mathez F. C. 1972. Chilo partellus, Swinh., C. orichalcociliella, Strand. (Lep. Crambidae) and Sesamia calamistis Hmpsn. (Lep. Noctuidae) on maize in the Coast Province, Kenya. page 280
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum Poaceae Kenya Mathez F. C. 1972. Chilo partellus, Swinh., C. orichalcociliella, Strand. (Lep. Crambidae) and Sesamia calamistis Hmpsn. (Lep. Noctuidae) on maize in the Coast Province, Kenya. page 280 (as S. brevicarniatum)
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Sorghum sp. Poaceae Malawi Tams W. H. T. 1932a. New species of African Heterocera. page 128
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Sorghum sp. Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 47
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Sorghum sp. Poaceae South Africa van Rensburg J. B. J. & van den Berg J. 1990. Host plant preference by the maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page 138
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Undefined Grasses Undefined South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 131
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Zea mays Poaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 104
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Zea mays Poaceae Nigeria Bosque-Pérez N. A., Ubeku J. A. & Polaszek A. 1994. Survey for parasites of Sesamia calamistis (Lep.: Noctuidae) and Eldana saccharina (Lep.: Pyralidae) in southwestern Nigeria. page 367
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Zea mays Poaceae Kenya Mathez F. C. 1972. Chilo partellus, Swinh., C. orichalcociliella, Strand. (Lep. Crambidae) and Sesamia calamistis Hmpsn. (Lep. Noctuidae) on maize in the Coast Province, Kenya. page 267
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Zea mays Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 47 (as zonellus)
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Cotesia sesamiae Braconidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 132
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Dentichasmias busseolae Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 132
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Goniozus natalensis Bethylidae South Africa Conlong D. E., Graham D. Y. & Hastings H. 1988. Notes on the natural hosts surveys and laboratory rearing of Goniozus natalensis Hordh (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a parasitoid of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae from Cyperus papyrus L. in Southern Africa. page 119
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Pediobius furvus Eulophidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 132
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Procerochasmias nicromaculatus Ichneumonidae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 132
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Trathala flavoorbitalis Ichneumonidae Rousse P. & Villemant C. 2012. Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species. page 26
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Tropobracon comorensis Braconidae Comoros Madl M. & van Achterberg C. 2014. A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion. page 60
Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886) Xanthopimpla stemmator Ichneumonidae Rousse P. & Villemant C. 2012. Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species. page 50
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Chilo acutus Bhattacherjee, 1971 Bhattacherjee, 1971 species Synonym Chilo acutus
Chilo coimbatorensis Bhattacherjee, 1971 Bhattacherjee, 1971 species Synonym Chilo coimbatorensis
Chilo kaanpurense Vári, Kroon & Krüger, 2002 Vári, Kroon & Krüger, 2002 species Misapplied Chilo kaanpurense
Chilo kanpurensis Bhattacherjee, 1971 Bhattacherjee, 1971 species Synonym Chilo kanpurensis
Chilo lutulentalis (Tams, 1932) (Tams, 1932) species Synonym Argyria lutulentalis
Chilo zonellus (Swinhoe, 1885) (Swinhoe, 1885) species Misapplied Crambus zonellus