Major pests

1.

Yellow stem borer

Scirpophaga incertulas

Pyraustidae

Lepidoptera

2.

Gall midge

Orseolia oryzae

Cecidomyiidae

Diptera

3.

Swarming caterpillar

Spodoptera mauritia

Noctuidae

Lepidoptera

4.

Leaf folder

Cnaphalocrocis medinalis

Pyralidae

Lepidoptera

5.

Rice case worm

Nymphula depunctalis

Pyraustidae

Lepidopera

6.

Rice skipper

Pelopidas mathias

Hesperiidae

Lepidoptera

7.

Spiny beetle / Rice hispa

Dicladispa armigera

Chrysomelidae

Coleoptera

8.

Whorl maggot

Hydrellia sasakii

Ephydridae

Diptera

9.

Rice horned caterpillar

Melanitis ismene

Satyridae

Lepidoptera

10.

Yellow hairy caterpillar

Psalis pennatula

Lymantriidae

Lepidoptera