Minor Pests of Rice (Paddy)
Brief Introduction
- Rice is attacked by the more numbers of insects than in any other cereal crops in India.
- Planthoppers, stem borers, gall midge, leaf folder, earhead cutting caterpillar, rice case worm, rice hispa, etc., are the Major Insect-pests of Rice.
- Apart from major insect-pests, rice is also attacked by the various known insect-pests.
- Minor Insect-pests of Rice or Paddy are the Insect-pests which may also cause damages to paddy plant but with a little extent.
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In this post we will know about the Minor Insect-pests of Rice.
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| (1). Common name of insect-pests of rice |
| (2). Scientific name of insect-pests of rice |
| (3). Order of insect-pests of rice |
| (4). Family of insect-pests of rice |
(1). Grasshoppers
S. N.: Oxya spp.
Order: Orthoptera.
Family: Arctiidae.
(2). Subrufa
S. N.: Thaia subrufa Mostchulsky.
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Cicadellidae.
(3). Root Weevils
S. N.: Tenymecus indicus Faust and Hydronomidius molitar Faust.
Order: Coleoptera.
Family: Curculionidae.
(4). Corn Planthopper
S. N.: Peregrinus maidis Ashmead.
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Delphacidae.
(5). Leucopholis grub
S. N.: Leucopholis spp.
Order: Coleoptera.
Family: Scarabaeidae.
(6). Rice Root Aphid
6.1
S. N.: Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis (Sasaki) and Schizaphis graminum (Rondani).
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Aphididae.
6.2
S. N.: Schizaphis graminum (Rondani).
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Aphididae.
(7). Antherigona Fly
S. N.: Antherigona spp.
Order: Diptera.
Family: Muscidae.
(8). Fabrictilis Bug
S. N.: Fabrictilis australis.
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Coreidae.
(9). Southern Green Stink Bug
S. N.: Nazara viridula Linnaeus.
Order: Hemiptera.
Family: Pentatomidae.
(10). Paddy Swarming Caterpillars
10.1
S. N.: Spodoptera exempta (Walker).
Order: Lepidoptera.
Family: Noctuidae.
10.2
S. N.: Spodoptera mauritia.
Order: Lepidoptera.
Family: Noctuidae.
10.3
S. N.: Spodoptera litura.
Order: Lepidoptera.
Family: Noctuidae.
(11). Rice Thrips
11.1
S. N.: Stenchaetothrips biformis (Bagnall).
Order: Thysanoptera.
Family: Thripidae.
11.2
S. N.: Haplothrips ganglbauri (Schmutz).
Order: Thysanoptera.
Family: Thripidae.
(12). Rice Skipper
S. N.: Pelopidas mathias Fabricius.
Order: Lepidoptera.
Family: Pyralidae.
Actually, minor Insect-pests or the Minor insects of rice may be the major insect of other crops.