Southern European marshland pyralid
caterpillars often stay in the lower strata of the crop, sometimes attacking the stem of the plant as well as the leaves. Late instar larvae burrow into soft [...] possibly stem collapse. The holes bored into the stem can facilitate infection by the fungus Botrytis cinerea . In gerbera, the flower buds may also be [...] in groups of 5 to 10 eggs, overlapping in a tile-like fashion on both the upper and lower surface of leaves close to the veins, or low on the stem or stalk