List of pest of crops (Major pest of Rice, Sugarcane, Jute and Cotton with their Common name, Scientific Name, Family, Order and Status

List of insect pest of rice crop

Generally 4 types of insect are damaged the Rice crop
A.Stem feeder/ Internal feeder.
B.Plant sucker.
C.Leaf feeder.
D.Stem and root feeder.

A.  Stem feeder/ Internal feeder

Sl no
Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
1
Rice yellow stem borer (RYSB)
Scirpophaga incertulas
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
2
Dark Headed Stem Borer  (DHSB)
Chilo polychrysa
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
3
Rice Pink Borer (RPB)
Sesamia inferens
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major

B.  Plant sucker

Sl no
Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
1
Green Leaf Hopper
Nephotettix  virescens
Nephotettix nigropictus
Cicadellidae
Hemiptera
Major
2
Brown  plant  Hopper  (BPH)
Nilaparvata lugens
Delphacidae
Hemiptera
Major
3
Rice bug
Leptocarisa acuta
Coreidae
Hemiptera
Major
4
White backed plant hopper
Sogatella furcifera
Cicadellidae
Major
5
Zigzag leaf hopper
Recilla dorsalis
Cicadellidae
Hemiptera
Major
6
Rice thrips
Thrips oryzae
Thripidae
Thysanoptera
Major

C.  Leaf feeders

Sl no
Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
1
Rice ear­cutting caterpillar
Mythimna separata
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major
2
Rice swarming caterpillar
Spodoptera mauritia
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major
3
Rice hispa
Dicladispa armigera
Chrysomelidae
Coleoptera
Major
4
Rice leaf roller
Cnaphalocrisis  medinalis
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
5
Rice case worm
Nymphyla depunctalis
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
6
Rice skipper
Parnara guttata
Hesperiidae
Lepidoptera
Major

D.  Stem and Root feeder

1.   Rice gall midge  →     Orseolia oryzae  →    Cecidomyiidae    →       Diptera        →  major

List of insect pest of Sugarcane crop

Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
Sugarcane  top  shoot  borer
Scirpophaga excerptalis
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Early shoot borer
Chilo infuscaiellus
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Pink borer
Sesamia inferans
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Sugarcane Stem borer
Chilo tumidicostalis
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Root Stock borer
Emmalocera depressella
Pyralidae
Lepidoptera
Major
White grub
Holotrichia settcollis
Melolonthidae
Coleoptera
Major
Sugarcane Termite
Odontotermes lokanandi
Termitidae
Isoptera
Major

List of insect pest of Jute

Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
Jute hairy caterpillar
Spilarctia oblique
Arctiidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Jute semilooper
Anomis sabulifera
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Jute stem weevil/ Jute  apion
Apion corchori
Curculionidae
Coleoptera
Major
Jute Red mite
Tetranychus bioculatus
Tetranychidae
Acarina
Major
Jute White mite
Hemitarsonemus latus
Tarsonemidae
Acarina
Major

List of insect pest of Cotton crop

Common name
Scientific Name
Family
Order
Status
Pink bollworm
Pectinophora gossypiella
Gelechiidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Spotted bollworm
Earias vittella
Noctuidae
Lepidoptera
Major
Red cotton bug
Dysdercus cingulatusi
Pyrrhocoridae
Hemiptera
Major
Cotton aphid
Aphis gossypii
Aphididae
Hemiptera
Major

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