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The rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) is a stored product pest which attacks seeds of several crops, including wheat, rice, and maize. Description.
When disturbed, the bug gives off an unpleasant smell in defense. Females lay around 100–200 eggs on the leaves of the rice plant (Oryza sativa). [3] The eggs hatch into green-colored nymphs, which gradually turn brown as they grow into adults. However, these bugs can sometimes be seen feeding on other plants.
Oebalus pugnax, the rice stink bug, is a flying insect in the shield bug family Pentatomidae native to North America [1] that has become a major agricultural pest in the Southern United States. [2] It has been a known pest since at least the time of Johan Christian Fabricius , who described the species in 1775.
Leptocorisa [1] is a genus of broad-headed bugs in the family Alydidae. There are about 17 described species in Leptocorisa, some of which are known as "rice bugs" or gundhi bugs (in India); they are found in south and east Asia and in Oceania. [2] [3]
Pecky rice (kernel spotting) Feeding injury by rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax: Rice tungro: Complex virus (Rice tungro bacilliform virus and Rice tungro spherical virus) transmitted by green leafhopper Nephotettix spp.) Straighthead [6] Arsenic induced, unknown physiological disorder White tip (see nematodes) Aphelenchoides besseyi
A food safety expert weighs in on flour bugs, also known as weevils, ... Weevils also are known to infest oats, rice, corn, corn meal, sorghum, and cereal, so you might want to apply the same ...
The term rice bug may apply to a number of species in at least three bug genera that attack rice: especially at the later panicle stages. They include: Species in the genus Leptocorisa, Oebalus pugnax a.k.a. the rice stink bug, Species in the genus Stenocoris
These insects are among the most important pests of rice, which is the major staple crop for about half the world's population. [1] They damage rice directly through feeding and also by transmitting two viruses, rice ragged stunt virus and rice grassy stunt virus. Up to 60% yield loss is common in susceptible rice cultivars attacked by the insect.