Scirpophaga nivella
Author(s): S. Anderson, DAFF Biosecurity
Source: PaDIL
Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius)
The larvae of this moth are up to 40-50 mm long, initially brownish than whitish with a red dorsal line. The tip of the abdomen of female moths has a red tuft. It attacks leaves and bud leaves of sugarcane in Asia and can cause dead-hearts.
Synonyms:
Tryporyza nivella
Publications covering Scirpophaga nivella
Entomological Research (2005) 35, 153-160
Abdul Khaliq, Muhammad Ashfaq, Waseem Akram, Jhong Kyoung Choi and Jong-Jin Lee (2005)
Effect of plant factors, sugar contents, and control methods on the top borer (Scirpophaga nivella F.) infestation in selected varieties of sugarcane
Bulletin of Entomological Research (1996) 86, 227-245
M. Jamil K. Chishti and Donald L.J. Quicke (1996)
A revision of the Indo-Australian species of Stenobracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoids of lepidopterous stem borers of graminaceous crops
- Other images of Scirpophaga nivella (PaDIL - click to enlarge)
larva in stem
male
male genitalia
aedeagus
