Taxonomic Information
Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 species known from the Indian subcontinent (based on Lewvanich, 1981)
Scirpophaga auristrigella (Hampson, 1896). Bhutan; India: Sikkim, Khasis, Meghalaya, Assam.
Scirpophaga aurivena (Hampson, 1903). India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Scirpophaga brunnealis (Hampson, 1919). Nepal; Mayanmar.
Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker, 1863). Pakistan; Nepal; Bangladesh; India: North India.
Scirpophaga flavidorsalis (Hampson, 1919). Bhutan.
Scirpophaga fusciflua Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka; Nepal; India: North India.
Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863. Myanmar; India: Kolkata, West Bengal.
Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863) – Yellow Stem Borer. India.
Scirpophaga khasis Lewvanich, 1981. India: Khasis, Meghalaya.
Scirpophaga lineata (Butler, 1879). Nepal; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; India: NE India.
Scirpophaga magnella de Joannis, 1929. Pakistan; Nepal; India: North India.
Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794). Nepal; Bangladesh: Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Kolkata, West Bengal, Andaman Islands.
Scirpophaga virginia Schultze, 1908. Sri Lanka; Bangladesh.
Scirpophaga whalleyi Lewvanich, 1981. Sri Lanka; India: Kolkata, West Bengal, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Scirpophaga xanthogastrella (Walker, 1863). Sri Lanka; Nepal; India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
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| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Meghalaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863) – Yellow Stem Borer : Andropogon sp., Coix lacryma-jobi, Ischaemum aristatum, Oryza sativa, Themeda quadrivalvis (Poaceae), Eleocharis dulcis (Cyperaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Chilo incertulas Walker, 1863. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 27: 143; TL: Borneo, Sarawak.
- Lewvanich, A. 1981. A revision of the Old World species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 42 (4) : 185-298.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 2000. Moths of Nepal. Part 6. TINEA. Vol. 16 (Supplement 1). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 141/8-9.
- http://www.nbair.res.in/insectpests/Scirpophaga-incertulas.php [accessed 22 January 2019]
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=86613
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/943179-Scirpophaga-excerptalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863) – Yellow Stem Borer. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/scirpophaga-incertulas, accessed 2025/04/24.