Crop – Pest Index: 57 Major pests of Paddy

20 February 2024, New Delhi: Below is a comprehensive list of 57 major pests of paddy across the world.

1. Acrida exaltata (Walker)
2. Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius)
3. Anomala dimidiata Hope
4. Bothrogonia albidicans (Walker)
5. Callitettix versicolor (Fabricius)
   
6. Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)
7. Chilo polychrysa (Meyrick)
8. Cletus punctiger (Dallas)
9. Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée
10. Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée)
    
11. Cofana spectra (Distant)
12. Cofana unimaculata (Signoret)
13. Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton)
14. Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus)
15. Cryptocephalus schestedti Fabricius
    
16. Dicladispa armigera (Olivier)
17. Diostrombus carnosa (Westwood)
18. Euproctis similis (Moore)
19. Helcystogramma arotraea (Meyrick)
20. Hieroglyphus banian (Fabricius)
    
21. Hispa ramosa group
22. Hispa stygia (Chapuis)
23. Lenodora vittata (Walker)
24. Leptispa pygmaea Baly
25. Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg)
    
26. Leptocorisa oratorius (Fabricius)
27. Lyclene sp.
28. Melanitis leda Linnaeus
29. Menida versicolor (Gmelin)
30. Mocis frugalis (Fabricius)
    
31. Myllocerus dentifer (Fabricius)
32. Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel)
33. Mythimna separata (Walker)
34. Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase
35. Nephotettix nigropictus (Stal)
    
36. Nephotettix parvus Ishihara & Kawase
37. Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)
38. Nilaparvata lugens (Stal)
39. Nisia nervosa (Motschulsky)
40. Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)
    
41. Oxya hyla Serville
42. Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller)
43. Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller)
44. Psalis pennatula (Fabricius)
45. Psalydolytta rouxi (Castelnau)
    
46. Pyrilla perpusilla Walker
47. Recilia dorsalis (Motschulsky)
48. Schistophleps bipuncta Hampson
49. Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)
50. Scirpophaga ?innotata (Walker)
    
51. Scotinophara sp.1
52. Scotinophara sp.2
53. Sesamia inferens (Walker)
54. Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier)
55. Sogatella furcifera (Horvath)
56. Trilophidia annulata (Thunberg)
57. Tropidocephala serendiba (Melichar)

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