Evaluation of Different Insecticides for Controlling Giant Borer Eggs (Telchin Licus) in Sugarcane Crops

Abstract

In Brazil, one of the pests responsible for significant losses in sugarcane crops is the giant borer, which is most prevalent in the North and Northeast regions, but has already been identified in the Southeast. Even though the region is the first in the country to produce sugarcane on a large scale, its occurrence is recent. However, this pest has an endophytic habit, that is, it feeds on the stalk, opening ascending galleries during its larval and pupal stages, remaining in this stage for two to ten months, making assertive management to control this caterpillar difficult. Therefore, this study proposes new means of combating the pest, evaluating different insecticides to control the moth's eggs, since this stage is one of the only times when the pest is unprotected in the sugarcane clumps.