Scirpophaga incertulas

Yellow stem borer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Pyraloidea
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Schoenobiinae
Genus:	Scirpophaga
Species:	S. incertulas
Binomial name
Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Chilo incertulas Walker, 1863 Chilo incertellus Walker, 1917 Catagela admotella Walker, 1863 Schoenobius punctellus Zeller, 1863 Schoenobius minutellus Zeller, 1863 Tipanaea bipunctifera Walker, 1863 Chilo gratiosellus Walker, 1864 Schoenobius bipunctifer ab. quadripunctellifera Strand, 1918

Scirpophaga incertulas, the yellow stem borer or rice yellow stem borer, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in Afghanistan, Nepal, north-eastern India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sumba, Sulawesi, the Philippines, Taiwan, China and Japan.^[1]