Biology and morphometric of Rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica

The result of morphometric measurements revealed that the average length and breadth of egg were 0.42 and 0.31, respectively. The mean length and breadth of 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and 6^th instars larvae were 2.72, 3.74, 5.63, 7.55, 9.20, 11.21 and 0.31, 0.39, 0.95, 11.16, 1.35, 1.59 mm, respectively. The average length of pupa was 4.05 and breadth was 1.10 mm. The average length and breadth of male and female were 10.75 and 12.24 mm, respectively.