Mylapore is a neighborhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city. It is also called Thirumayilai. The locality is known for its being the birthplace of the celebrated Tamil philosopher Valluvar.
The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, presently in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was a suffragan Roman Rite Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the primatial See of Goa in India, under the Portuguese patronage. It was founded at 1606 and extincted at 1952.
Maliarpha separatella, the African white stemborer, is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. A worldwide paddy pest, it is found throughout African countries of Cameroon, Mali, Réunion, Madagascar, South Africa, and many Asian paddy cultivating countries such as Myanmar, India, and Sri Lanka. Though they are reported from China and Papua New Guinea, they are also known to attack sugarcane.
Maliarpha brunnella is a species of snout moth in the genus Maliarpha. It was described by Cook in 1997, and is known from Sudan.
Maliarpha concinnella, the pure veneer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Maliarpha. It was described by Ragonot in 1888, and is known from Mali, Ghana, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.
Maliarpha fuscicostella is a species of snout moth in the genus Maliarpha. It was described by Cook in 1997, and is known from Papua New Guinea.
Maliarpha longisignumella is a species of snout moth in the genus Maliarpha. It was described by Cook in 1997, and is known from India.
Maliarpha rosella is a species of snout moth in the genus Maliarpha. It was described by George Hampson in 1896 and is known from India.
A stemborer is any insect larva, or arthropod, that bores into plant stems. However the term most frequently refers among the Coleoptera to the larva of certain longhorn beetles such as Dorysthenes buqueti and those of the genus Oberea, and among the Lepidoptera to certain moths of the Crambidae, Castniidae, Gelechiidae, Nolidae, and Pyralidae families.
