Rice Gall Midge

Catalogue Type
Plant Pests Catalogue
Scientific Name
Orseolia Oryzae
Family
Crambidae
Distinguishing Characters
Fully grown aphids are 1.2 - 2.2 mm long and dark green to grey-brown in colour.
Nymphs are lighter in colour with a reddish area at the tip of the abdomen.
They remain dormant in the pupal stage
Host Crop
Rice
Order
Lepidoptera
Photo of Insect
Photo of Damaged Crop
Description

Irritate the tissues of the rice plant forming tubular gall at the base of tillers, causing onion leaf or silver shoot.

This is a pale cylindrical, hollow tube with a green tip replacing the normal culm.