Leptispa pygmaea

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Leptispa pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Leptispa Baly, 1858
Species:
L. pygmaea
Binomial name
Leptispa pygmaea
Baly, 1858

Leptispa pygmaea, commonly known as rice leaf beetle, or rice blue beetle, is a species of leaf beetle native to India and Sri Lanka. It is a major pest of Asian rice. [1]

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Description

Eggs are light green, smooth and oval in shape and 0.20 mm in length. First four instars are light green with a brown head and has two spiny projections on head. Head capsule is small, and body elongated. A tail like projection called urogomphi can be found at the posterior end. Grub has three pairs of thoracic legs. Final instar grub is dirty white in color. Pupa white at first, but later turns to brown in color and about 3.89 mm in length. Adult has a metallic greenish yellow body with bluish tinge. Male has long antennae, narrow thorax and a long body, whereas female has short antennae, broad thorax and stout body. Ventrum is white in color. [2]

Biology

Adults feed on the adaxial side of tender paddy leaves and gradually roll the leaf lamina upward. Adult leaf rolls are partial and ephemeral. Then adult female oviposits clutches of up to 8 eggs within these rolled leaf lamina. The incubation period of female is about 4 to 7 days. After hatching, neonate grubs start to migrate to the leaf axil base. Grub undergoes five larval instars which ranges about 11 days. Grubs feed on leaves by scraping. This scaping can induce the formation of leaf rolls from the leaf base. All five instar stages migrate to the new leaves and form new leaf rolls. These larval leaf rolls are well formed and cohesive. Pupation occurs within the leaf roll. Pupal period is about 4 to 5 days. The longevity of adult female is about 18 to 26 days, whereas male with 33 to 43 days. [3] [4]

The peak population of the beetle can be found in the early tillering stage with minimum temperature and relative humidity.[ citation needed ] Grubs and adults can be controlled by the fungus Beauveria bassiana and the entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditis indica .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Basy, C.R. (1999). "On the Collection of Hispinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Preserved in the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta". Rec. Zool. Surv. India. 97 (Part 3): 149–190. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.893.6766 . doi:10.26515/rzsi/v97/i3/1999/160134. S2CID   251704103.
  2. ↑ "Morphometrics and morphology of rice blue beetle (Leptispa pygmaea Baly) (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). JBiopest. 5 (Suppl): 202–204. 2012. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  3. ↑ Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal Divakaran; Chaboo, Caroline S.; Karthikeyan, Kolandaivelu (2009-01-15). "Natural History and Leaf Shelter Construction of the Asian Rice Leptispa Beetle Leptispa pygmaea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Leptispini)" . Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  4. ↑ M. S. Masal; A. L. Narangalkar; S. K. Mehendale (2015). "Biology of Rice Blue Beetle Leptispa Pygmaea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Koncan Region". The Ecoscan. 9 (1–2): 547–550. Retrieved 2021-09-20.


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