**2.6 Pink stem borer** *Sesamia inferens* **Walker**

## *2.6.1 Taxonomy and nomenclature*

Francis Walker in 1856 described *Sesamia inferens* (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) for the first time. Some common names of the Pink borer are Asian pink stem borer, Graminous stem borer, Pink borer of rice and purple stem borer. Literature has been reported on the synonymy of *S. inferens* and the synonyms are *Leucania inferens* Walker, 1856, *Leucania proscripta* Walker, 1856, Sesamia tranquilaris Butler, 1880, Nonagria innocens Butler, 1881, *Sesamia corticoides* Strand, 1920, *Sesamia kosempoana* Strand, 1920, *Sesamia sokutsuana* Strand, 1920, and *Sesamia hirayamae* Masturmura, 1929.
