fly Atherigona pulla (proso millet shoot fly, a major pest in India and Africa) Atherigona miliaceae, Atherigona soccata, and Atherigona punctata wheat stem maggot Meromyza americana occurs in the United States thrip, Haplothrips aculeatus armyworms Mythimna separata, Mythimna unipuncta, Spodoptera exempta, and Spodoptera frugiperda field cricket Brachytrupes sp. Stem borers Chilo partellus, Chilo suppressalis, Chilo orichalcociliellus, Sesamia inferens, Sesamia cretica, and Ostrinia furnacalis Leaf feeders leaf folders Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and Cnaphalocrocis patnalis hairy caterpillar Spilosoma obliqua rice butterfly Melanitis leda ismene Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus migratory locust Locusta migratoria grasshoppers Hieroglyphus banian and Oxya chinensis Earhead feeders cotton boll worm Helicoverpa zea (in the United States) Other pests aphid Sipha flava (in North America) earhead bug Leptocorisa acuta and green bug Nezara viridula suck the milky developing grains in India termites, Odontotermes spp. and Microtermes spp., are the common species recorded on proso millet during dry seasons in India. Names Names for proso millet in other languages spoken in the countries where it is cultivated include: or References External links Alternative Field Crops Manual: Millets Millets Panicum Forages Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Cereals id:Juwawut