1Department of Entomology, TNAU, Coimbatore-641 003
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (Deemed to be University), Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore -641 114, Tamil Nadu, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: rathikannu@karunya.edu
Online published on 17 February, 2022.
Two economically important stem borers under the genus Chilo viz., Chilo partellus and Chilo sacchariphagus indicus were studied with wing venation, antenna, legs, tympanal characters, male and female genitalia. The study revealed that the Φ genitalia of C. partellus with well demarcated round ostial pouch and aedeagus with bulbose basal projection with sclerotized ventral arm. C. sacchariphagus indicus aedeagus broader and elongate, heavily sclerotized projection.
Collection, Crambinae, Genitalia, Taxonomy
