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

List of Major pest of Rice, Sugarcane, Jute and Cotton. https://cststudy.blogspot.com

Rice pest

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

Pest of Sugarcane

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

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

Pest of Cotton

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