1Department of Entomology, School of Agriculture, Mohan Babu University, Tirupati-517102, Andhra Pradesh, India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Bheemarayanagudi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur - 585 287, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding authors’ E-mail : smurthyent@gmail.com
Online Published on 15 July, 2025.
During roving survey, four species were collected viz., Chilo infuscatellus Snellen; C. sacchariphagus (Bojer); Polyocha depressellus (Swinhoe) and Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker). To our knowledge, S. excerptalis was observed for the first time from Northern Karnataka. Further, all the four species have been redescribed with images and provided a key. Besides, we provided the damage symptoms for each species along with larva.
C. infuscatellus, C. sacchariphagus, Northern Karnataka, P. depressellus, S. excerptalis, Saccharum officinarum
