Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker, 1863) (Figs 18, 26, 33)

Chilo excerptalis Walker, 1863 . List Specimens Lipid. Insects Colln Br. Mus., 27: 142. Type locality: India.

Scirpophaga monostigma Zeller, 1863 . Chilonidarum Crambidarum Genera Species: 3.

Scirpophaga butyrota Meyrick, 1889 . Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889: 520.

Scirpophaga intacta Snellen, 1890 . Meded. Proefstn Suik Riet W. Java ‘Kagok’.: 94.

Topeutis(Thopeutis) rhodoproctalis Hampson, 1919 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 4: 319.

Tryporyza intacta: Wang, 1980 . Economic Insect Fauna of China, 21: 63.

Scirpophaga excerptalis: Lewvanich, 1981 . Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.), 42: 223.

Description. Body white. Length of labial palpi about 1.5 times the diameter of compound eyes. Both wings white, without fascia; forewing sometimes with a dark fuscous spot at the lower angle of cell. Female with anal tuft orange-red. In male genitalia, subteguminal process a long spine; manica with two groups of strong spines. In female genitalia, ostium bursae broad, wrinkled and strongly sclerotized; section between ostium bursae and ductus seminalis sclerotized.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan); Japan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, West Malaysia, Java, Sumba Island, Timor, Buru Island, Adonara Island, Ambon Island, Philippines, New Guinea, New Hannover, New Britain, New Ireland, Australia, Solomon Islands.