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PESTS OF RICE (BORERS AND FOLIAGE FEEDERS) :: Major Pests :: Rice Skipper


6. Rice skipper:  Pelopidas mathias (Hesperiidae:  Lepidoptera) 


Distribution and status:
India, South East Asia, China, Africa 

Host range: Rice, Sugarcane 

Damage symptoms:
Edges of the leaves are fastened with webbing.  Backward rolling of leaves, feeding from margin inwards are symptoms of damage.

           

 


Folded Leaves (IRRI)

Bionomics: Adult butterfly has brown coloured wings and curved antennae.  Eggs are laid singly on the leaf blades.  Larva is pale green with constricted neck.