Rice blue beetle: Leptispa pygmaea Baly (Chrysomelidae:Coleoptera)

Damage symptoms:

• Scrapping of leaf matter by both adult and grubs followed by upward curling of leaves.

Management:

• Spraying of carbaryl at 2g/l ( 10kg/acre)of water or endosulfan at 2 ml/l (624ml/acre)of water.