Scirpophaga incertulas
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Scirpophaga
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Crambidae | Scirpophaga
External: GBIF #1881293
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Scirpophaga incertulas.
biocontrol 2 claims
- This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma japonicum · effect: beneficial
“Trichogramma japonicum, an egg parasite of internode borer”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Telenomus dignus · effect: beneficial
“Ex. eggs of Scirpophaga nivella, Scirpophaga incertulas”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Oryza sativa (Asian rice) · effect: harmful
“sheath blight (8.75%) and stem borers (8.75%) in China”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedSavary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A. (2019) · The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops · p. 5 #6495333
Genus-level evidence
1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Scirpophaga sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Scirpophaga incertulas.
- herbivory · Scirpophaga spp. → Oryza sativa · effect: harmful
“This practice is partly an attempt to avoid damage by rice stem borers”
Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 127 #6492160
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
herbivory 1
- GloBI eats Oryza sativa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205497775
pest pressure 1
- GloBI hasHost Oryza sativa Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
crop interaction 2
- GloBI hasHost Oryza sativa Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI eats Oryza sativa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205497775