Insect Pests of Major Crops

 

Name of Crop	Name of Pests
Rice	Gundhy or Rice bug (Leptocorisa acuta); Leaf hopper (Nephotettix); Rice weevil
Wheat	Gujhia weevil; Shoot fly; Termites; wheat aphids; armyworms; pink stem borer; wheat thrips
Sugarcane	Top borer (Scirpophaga nivella); Shoot borer (Chilo infuscatellus); Sugarcane leaf hopper (Pyrilla perpusilla)
Groundnut	White grub
Mustard	Aphids (Brevicoryne brassicae); Painted bug (Bagrada hilaris)
Chickpea	Pod Borer
Maize	Spotted stem borer; pink stem borer; shoot fly; fall armyworm
Field Crops	Armyworms; grasshoppers; locusts; leafhoppers; leaf beetles; wireworms
Vegetables	Aphids; caterpillars; cutworms; grasshoppers; thrips; weevils; whiteflies; mites; fruit flies
Cotton	Cotton bollworms; green bollworm; pink bollworm