Rice Caseworm

Catalogue Type

Plant Pests Catalogue

Scientific Name

Nymphula Depunctalis

Family

Pyralidae

Distinguishing Characters

Adults are small fragile moth with a wing expansion of 16 mm.
The wings have white speckled.
Caterpillars can respire in aquatic media.

Host Crop

Rice

Order

Lepidoptera

Photo of Insect

Photo of Damaged Crop

Description

The larva feeds on the foliage by scrapping chlorophyll leaving horizontal rows of green material.

The leaf tips are sharply cut off and the cut portions are turned into cylindrical tubes.