Insect Pests of Rice (ENT 170)

Vocabulary flashcards identifying scientific names, common names, taxons, and growth-stage damage symptoms of rice insect pests based on the lecture slides.

Solenopsis geminata (Red Ant); Hymenoptera: Formicidae; soil pest of rice

Gryllotalpa orientalis (Oriental mole cricket); Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae; soil pest of rice

Leucopholis irrorata (White grubs); Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; soil pest of rice.

Leucopholis irrorata (White grubs); Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; soil pest of rice.

Atherigona oryzae (Rice seedling maggot); Diptera; Muscidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on stem)

Atherigona oryzae (Rice seedling maggot); Diptera; Muscidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on stem)

Hydrellia philippina (Rice whorl maggot); Diptera: Muscidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves)

Hydrellia philippina (Rice whorl maggot); Diptera: Muscidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves, causing holes)

Paraponyx stagnalis (rice case worm); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves, making them whitish papery and making leaf cases)

Paraponyx stagnalis (rice case worm); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves, making them whitish papery and making leaf cases)

Naranga aenescens (green semilooper); Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves and causes tissue scraping or notches in leaf edges)

Rivula atimeta (green hairy caterpillar); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves and causes tissue scraping or notches in leaf edges)

Rivula atimeta (green hairy caterpillar); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage; feeds on leaves and causes tissue scraping or notches in leaf edges)

Spodoptera exempta (African armyworm); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; rice pest (vegetative stage)

Spodoptera litura (common cutworm); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; pest of broadleaf crops (tobacco and vegetables)

Spodoptera mauritia (swarming caterpillar or armyworm); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; rice pest (vegetative stage)

Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm); Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, causing cut leaves)

Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (rice leaffolder); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, causes leaf folding)

Marasmia exigua (leaffolder); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, causes leaf folding)

Marasmia patnalis (leaffolder); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, causes leaf folding)

Scirpophaga incertulas (yellow stemborer); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative or reproductive stage, causes deadheart or whitehead)

Scirpophaga innotata (white stemborer); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative or reproductive stage, causes deadheart or whitehead)

Sesamia inferens (pink stemborer); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative or reproductive stage, causes deadheart or whitehead)

Chilo suppressalis (striped stemborer); Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Rice pest (vegetative or reproductive stage, causes deadheart or whitehead)

Stenchaetothrips biformis (rice thrips); Thysanoptera: Thripidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, causes pale or silvery streaks, yellow patches, and longitudinal rolling or curling of young rice leaves from the tip down)

Scotinophara coarctata (Rice black bug); Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; Rice pest (vegetative stage, sap-sucking, deadheart, whitehead, bugburn)

Nephotettix virescens or N. nigropictus (Green leafhopper); Hemiptera: Cicadellidae; rice pest (vegetative stage, sap-sucking damage, leading to yellowing leaves, reduced tillering, and severe "hopperburn")

Nilaparvata lugens (Brown planthopper); Hemiptera: Delphacidae; rice pest (vegetative stage, sap-sucking damage, leading to yellowing leaves, reduced tillering, and severe "hopperburn")

Sogatella furcifera (Whiteback planthopper); Hemiptera: Delphacidae; rice pest (vegetative stage, sap-sucking damage, leading to yellowing leaves, stunting, and severe "hopperburn")

Melanitis leda (Green-horned caterpillar or rice nymphalid); Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae); rice pest (reproductive stage, causes defoliation)

Pelopidas mathias or Parnara guttata (rice skippers); Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; rice pest (reproductive stage, causes defoliation)

Leptocorisa oratorius (slender rice bug); Hemiptera: Alydidae; rice pest (reproductive stage, leaves unfilled and discolored grains and bad odor)

Nezara viridula (green soldier bug); Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; rice pest (reproductive stage, discolored spots, shriveled pods, and withered plant shoots)

Pygomenida varipennis (rice stink bug); Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; rice pest (reproductive stage, discolored spots, unfilled grains, bad odor)

Eysarcoris ventralis (white-spotted stink bug); Hemiptera: Pentatomidae; rice pest (reproductive stage, discolored spots, unfilled grains, bad odor)