Coniesta ignefusalis

Coniesta ignefusalis, the pearl millet stem-borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919.^[1]

Coniesta ignefusalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Haimbachiini
Genus:	Coniesta
Species:	C. ignefusalis
Binomial name
Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson, 1919)
Synonyms
Diatraea ignefusalis Hampson, 1919 Chilo pyrocaustalis Hampson, 1919

Distribution

Coniesta ignefusalis is found throughout the West African Sahel, including in Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria, where the species is known by local farmers as a major pest of grain crops.^[2][3]

Crop pest

As a major grain crop pest in the Sahel,^[4][5] the larvae attack pearl millet, sorghum, and maize. It is the main pearl millet pest in Senegal.^[6] It also affects pearl millet crops in northern Mali.^[7]