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PESTS OF SUGARCANE – Major Pests


 

Major Pests

1.

Early shoot borer

Chilo infuscatellus

Crambidae

Lepidoptera

2.

Internode borer

Chilo sacchariphagus indicus

Crambidae

Lepidoptera

3.

Top borer

Scirpophaga excerptalis

Pyralidae

Lepidoptera

4.

Root borer

Emmalocera depressela

Pyralidae

Lepidoptera

5.

Whitegrub

Holotrichia consanguinea

Melolonthidae

Coleoptera

6.

Termites

Odontotermes obesus

Termitidae

Isoptera