2018). This pest is highly polyphagous and migratory in behaviour that can colonize over 80 different plant species of which maize is not an exception. It also attacks crops such as alfalfa, soybean, sorghum (Bohnenblust et al., 2014) cotton and other diverse pasture grasses (Murúa and Virla, 2004). The caterpillar feeds on all stages of the corn plant by consuming the foliage and mostly prefers the young plants (Ameida de Moraes et al., 2015). Rows of perforations are produced in the leaves due to the feeding done in the whorls of the plant

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