Scirpophaga incertulas

Yellow stem borer
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Pyraloidea
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Schoenobiinae
Genus: Scirpophaga
Species:
S. incertulas
Binomial name
Scirpophaga incertulas
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Chilo incertulas Walker, 1863
  • Chilo incertellus Walker, 1917
  • Catagela admotella Walker, 1863
  • Schoenobius punctellus Zeller, 1863
  • Schoenobius minutellus Zeller, 1863
  • Tipanaea bipunctifera Walker, 1863
  • Chilo gratiosellus Walker, 1864
  • Schoenobius bipunctifer ab. quadripunctellifera Strand, 1918

Scirpophaga incertulas, the yellow stem borer or rice yellow stem borer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Afghanistan, Nepal, north-eastern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sumba, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Taiwan, China and Japan.

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