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Sugarcane borer

Diatraea saccharalis Guenée, 1862

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis) is a species in the family Crambidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the sugarcane borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sugarcane borer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sugarcane borer as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the sugarcane borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sugarcane borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyCrambidae
  6. genusDiatraea
  7. SpeciesDiatraea saccharalis Guenée, 1862

Synonyms Diatraea brasiliensis, Diatraea continens, Diatraea crambidoides, Diatraea grenadensis, Diatraea incomparella, Diatraea leucaniellus, Diatraea lineosellus, Diatraea obliteratellus, Diatraea pedidocta, Phalaena saccharalis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sugarcane borer

Other species in the same genus Diatraea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the sugarcane borer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the sugarcane borer as introduced in 2 countries: Ecuador and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the sugarcane borer?

The sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis) belongs to the family Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-borer

MLA

“Sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{sugarcane_borer_2026,
  title = {Sugarcane borer (Diatraea saccharalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sugarcane-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}