Citation:

SN Banerjee, LM Pramanik. 1967. The Lepidopterous stalk borers of rice and their life cycles in the tropics. Pages 103-124. In: MD Pathak and AA Muka (editors). Major Insect Pests of the Rice Plant. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 729 p. Chapter 3.

Keywords: Oryza sativa, Chilo suppressalis, Chilo partellus, Eldana, Chilotraea polychrysa, C. polychrysus, C. auricilius, Scirpophaga incertulas, S. innotata, Sesamia inferens, Elasmopalpus, bionomics, host plants, egg, larva, pupa, adult, development, dispersal, seasonal abundance, population dynamics, weather, climate, distribution, abiotic survivorship, diurnal, nocturnal, oviposition, behavior, dormancy, diapause,