Pyraustinae

...The lawn moth and the Japanese sedge moth, which are pests of turfgrasses, also belong to this subfamily. (4) The Pyraustinae subfamily is the largest, with nearly 300 species known from Japan. There are many pests, such as the nano moth and the gray spotted moth, which are pests of the Brassicaceae family, the European corn borer, which is a pest of corn and millet, the white-striped moth, which attacks spinach, Swiss chard, and melons, the peach moth, which feeds on various fruits, the pine moth, which damages the needles of pine trees, the turmeric moth, which is a pest of soybeans, the cotton moth, which rolls up cotton and hibiscus leaves and eats them, and the eggplant moth, which in Okinawa makes holes in eggplants and eats them.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…シバ類の害虫シバツトガやツトガもこの亜科に属する。(4)ノメイガ亜科Pyraustinaeはもっとも大きな亜科で，日本から300種近く知られている。アブラナ科の害虫ナノメイガ，ハイマダラノメイガ，トウモロコシやキビの害虫アワノメイガ，ホウレンソウ，フダンソウ，ウリ類につくシロオビノメイガ，各種の果実に食入するモモノゴマダラノメイガ，マツ類の針葉を食害するマツノゴマダラノメイガ，ダイズの害虫ウコンノメイガ，ワタやフヨウの葉を巻いて食べるワタノメイガ，沖縄でナスの実に穴をあけて食べるナスノメイガなど，害虫が非常に多い。…

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