Sesamia grisescens

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image_caption = Female, dorsal view

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| image2_caption = Male, dorsal view

| taxon = Sesamia grisescens

| authority = Warren, 1911

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Sesamia grisescens, the pink sugarcane borer, pink stalk borer, shoot borer, sugarcane borer or ramu shoot borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Warren in 1911.{{cite web |editor-last=Savela |editor-first=Markku |date=May 30, 2020 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/xyleninae/sesamia/#grisescens |title=Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=October 25, 2020}} It is found in Papua New Guinea, Seram, the Moluccas and New Britain.[http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/136261 PaDIL]

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The larvae are a pest on Saccharum officinarum, although they also feed on other plants, including Saccharum robustum, Saccharum spontaneum, Saccharum edule, Pennisetum purpureum and Panicum maximum.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00483.x | volume=31 | title=Life History and Biology of Sesamia grisescens Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a Sugarcane Borer in Papua New Guinea | year=1992 | journal=Australian Journal of Entomology | pages=199–203 | last1 = Young | first1 = G. R.| issue=3 | doi-access=free }}