1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Scirpophaga nivella Fabricius 1794 (Lepidoptera:Crambidae) Common Name White Rice Borer Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/142298 Image Library Australian Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/ Partners for Australian Biosecurity image library Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment https://www.awe.gov.au/ Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia https://dpird.wa.gov.au/ Plant Health Australia https://www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/ Museums Victoria https://museumsvictoria.com.au/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: DAFF Biosecurity Darwin - daff.gov.au Author: S. Anderson & L. Tran-Nguyen Citation: S. Anderson & L. Tran-Nguyen (2012) White Rice Borer(Scirpophaga nivella)Updated on 2/27/2012 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/Pest/Main/142298 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Field Crops and Pastures Commodity Type: Rice Distribution: Australasian - Oceanian, South and South-East Asia Group: Moths Status: Australian Native Species 2.4. Other Names Apurima nivella (Fabricius); Aurivillius 1898 Crambus nivella (Fabricius); Aurivillius 1898 Crambus niveus (Fabricius) Fabricius 1798; Zimsen 1964 Paddy stemborer Schoenobius brunnescens (Moore) Hampson 1895; 1896 (as a synonym of Schoenobius adjurellus Walker) Schoenobius celidias Meyrick 1894; Hampson 1895 (as a synonym of Schoenobius adjurellus Walker) Scirpophaga auriflua Zeller 1863; Moore 1867; Hampson 1895 Scirpophaga brunnescens Moore 1888 Scirpophaga butyrota Meyrick: sensu Meyrick 1889 (misidentification) Scirpophaga chrysorrhoa Zeller 1863; Hampson 1895; 1896; Leech 1901 Scirpophaga euclastalis Strand 1918 Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius) Shibuya 1928 Tinea nivella Fabricius 1794; Zimsen 1964 White rice borer Yellow tipped pyralid 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Identification is currently undergoing peer review as part of the National Diagnostic Protocols by SPHDS.** This species is the same moth as the Australian species, Scirpophaga chrysorrhoa which is present in Northern Australia, south along Queensland and along the eastern coast to northern New South Wales. Light trapping is continually being conducted throughout the Northern Territory to definitively diagnose the presence and extent of establishment. Additional data will be added to the protocol as it becomes available. Young larvae chew through to the main vein of a new folded leaf within the central whorl and cause a transverse row of small holes in the leaf surface. Older larvae tunnel to the growing point and into the internodes. A brown line and yellowy marks form on the underside of leaves even well after the moth has emerged. The tunnelling ends above the ground and runs almost to the epidermis where pupation occurs (Kalshoven 1981). **Egg** laid in masses of 6-30 usually on the underside of leaves near the main vein and can be concealed by scales and hairs. **Larvae** young larvae are brownish yellow and become whiter in colour as they age. Dorsally a red blood vessel line is seen medially and the brown cervical sclerite has a white median line. **Pupae** the pupa is yellow in a silk cocoon and pupates near the epidermis. &#9794 ocherous, labial palpus about 1.3 x diameter of eye; forewing ocherous with 4 fuscous spots, 3 on submedian fold & 1 at lower angle of cell, an oblique irregular fuscous line extends inwards from costa near apex to spot 3 on fold, series of small fuscous dots along termen, underside fuscous; hindwing whitish, costal area and basal half ocherous, underside ocherous in basal half. &#9792 usually white sometimes upperside of forewing suffused with pale ochreous; frenulum 2 bristles; anal tuft ochreous yellow. **Genitalia** &#9794 subteguminal process large, flattened with sinuous margin; valva rather elongate, apex more or less pointed posteriorly; aedeagus slightly swollen in apical 4th; vesica with coarse spines, 1 slender and 2 unequal long based cornuti present. &#9792 ostium bursae broad, membranous, wrinkled and lined with minute spines; ductus bursae with 2 forms of sclerotization (Bleszynski 1970). **Coming soon - PBT link** 2.6. 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Diagnostic Images ANIC ANIC P1 male Adult female: S. Anderson DAFF Biosecurity Adult male: S. Anderson DAFF Biosecurity ANIC P1 aedeagus ANIC Aedeagus: S. Anderson DAFF Biosecurity Female anal tuft: S. Anderson DAFF Biosecurity ANIC P136 female S. Eyres (Imaging Consultant) Female genitalia: S. Anderson DAFF Larva in stem: S. Eyres Department of Biosecurity Agriculture WA ANIC P99 male ANIC P1 Male genitalia: S. Anderson DAFF Male wings: S. Anderson DAFF Biosecurity Biosecurity Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 .