"INSECT PEST OF RICE

AND THEIR CONTROL"

Rice Water Weevil - Lissorhoptus oryzopbilus
Control:
• Dermacor X-100
• NipSIt INSIDE
• Cruiser Marx Rice
Rice Stink Bug - Oebalus pugnax
Control:
• Tenchu 20SG
• Pyrethroids
• Carbaryl
Fall armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda
Control:
• Applying a flush (temporary flood) or permanent
flood which drowns the larvae.
• A wasp parasite (Cotesia sp.) and egrets also can
help control populations.
• Dermarcor X-100 seed treatment controls fall
army worms.
Chinch Bug - Blissus leucopterus leucopterus
Control:
• Flush rice or apply a permanent flood
which drowns insects or forces them to
move up the plants where feeding results in
less damage compared to on stems near the
sol surface.
Stalk Borers - Chilo plejadellus
Control:
• The seed treatment insecticides
Dermacor X-100.
• Pyrethroids
Grasshoppers - Orthoptera
Blister Beetles - Epicauta texana
Control:
• Insecticides
Leafhoppers - Cocadellidae (Graminella
nigrifrons)
Control:
Rice Delphacid - Tagosodes oricolus