Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Galleriinae (subfamily)/  Tirathabini (tribe)/  Eldana (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Walker, 1865
Citation:	Eldana saccharina
Original genus:	Eldana
Publication:	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2.
Journal:	—
Volume:	32
Issue:
Pagination:	633
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917196

Eldana saccharina (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, NHMUK.	Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone, leg. J. Foxcroft.

Distribution note:

Palaearctic: Egypt.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Benin		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 172
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Botswana		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 336
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cameroon		Ndemah R., Schulthess F., Poehling M. & Borgemeister C. 2000. Species composition and seasonal dynamics of lepidopterous stem borers on maize and elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum (Moench) (Poaceae), at two forest margin sites in Cameroon. page 265
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Central African Republic		Dufrane A. 1930. Notes lépidoptérologiques. page 68
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Chad		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 336
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Strand E. 1918c. Über einige Heterocera der Familien Arctiidae, Lymantriidae, Geometridae, Saturniidae, Lasiocampidae, Pyralididae [sic] und Aegeriidae aus Belgisch Kongo. page 45 (as conipyga)
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Côte d'Ivoire		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 372
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Equatorial Guinea		Strand E. 1913d. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). page 79 (as conipyga)
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Ethiopia		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 332
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Ghana		Hampson G. F. 1917a. A classification of the Pyralidae, subfamily Gallerianae. page 29
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Kenya		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 336
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Mozambique		Hampson G. F. 1917a. A classification of the Pyralidae, subfamily Gallerianae. page 29
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Nigeria		Lamborn W. A. 1914b. The agricultural pests of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria. page 209
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Senegal		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 332
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Seychelles	Aldabra	Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. page 124
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Sierra Leone		Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. page 633
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 332
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Sudan		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 336
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Uganda		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 332
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Zimbabwe		Assefa Y. A, Mitchell A. & Conlong D. E. 2006. Phylogeography of Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). page 332

Plant note:

Stem borer.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Andropogon gayanus	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cenchrus purpureus	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173 (as Pennisetum)
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cenchrus purpureus	Poaceae	Cameroon	Ndemah R., Schulthess F., Korie S., Borgemeister C. & Cardwell K. F. 2001. Distribution, relative importance and effect of lepidopterous borers on maize yields in the forest zone and mid-altitude of Cameroon. page 265 (as Pennisetum)
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cyperus dives	Cyperaceae	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 170
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cyperus papyrus	Cyperaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cyperus papyrus	Cyperaceae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Cyperus papyrus	Cyperaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Hyparrhenia rufa	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Imperata cylindrica	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Panicum maximum	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Paspalum orbiculare	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Pennisetum polystachion	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Rottboellia exaltata	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Saccharum officinarum	Poaceae	Sierra Leone	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. page 633
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Saccharum officinarum	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum	Poaceae		Gounou S. & Schuthess F. 2004. Spatial distribution of lepidopterous stem borers on indigenous host plants in West Africa and its implications for sampling schemes. page 173 (as Sorghum arundinaceum)
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Sorghum vulgare	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Undefined Grasses	Undefined	South Africa	Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 170
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Zea mays	Poaceae	Cameroon	Ndemah R., Schulthess F., Korie S., Borgemeister C. & Cardwell K. F. 2001. Distribution, relative importance and effect of lepidopterous borers on maize yields in the forest zone and mid-altitude of Cameroon. page 265
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Zea mays	Poaceae	Nigeria	Lamborn W. A. 1914b. The agricultural pests of the Southern Provinces, Nigeria. page 209
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Zea mays	Poaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1977. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 50

Parasitoid note:

Details on the biology of the parasitoid in D. E. Conlong et al. (1988).

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.

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Agathis sp.	Braconidae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Chriodes sp.	Ichneumonidae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Iphiaulax sp.	Braconidae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Orgilus bifasciatus	Braconidae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	Schembria sp.	Diptera: Tachinidae	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 115
Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865	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

Eldana saccharina (1)

Eldana saccharina (2)

Eldana saccharina (3)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Eldana conipyga (Strand, 1913)	(Strand, 1913)	species	Synonym	Ancylosidia conipyga
Eldana major Dufrane, 1930	Dufrane, 1930	species	Misapplied	Eldana major