| Chilo auricilius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Chilo |
| Species: | C. auricilius
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905
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Chilo auricilius, the gold-fringed rice stemborer[1] or terai borer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Gerald C. Dudgeon in 1905. It is found in India, Taiwan,[2] Bhutan and Sri Lanka, as well as on Sulawesi, Borneo, Sangir Island and the Moluccas.[3] The larvae bore into and feed on the stems of various grass family plants including sugarcane, rice and maize.
- ^ "IRRI Rice insect pest factsheet: Stem borer". Rice Knowledge Bank. Archived from the original on 22 November 2014.
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Chilo Zincken, 1817". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 November 2017.