Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Schoenobiinae

Common name

Paddy yellow stem borer

Habitat / Crop(s) damaged

Paddy, wild grasses.

Characteristic symptoms of damage are dead heart in young plants (drying of central tiller) and white ear (chaffy, white, erect ear head) in older plants.

Pest status

Major pest of rice through out Asia.

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