Mexican Rice Borer - Eoreuma loftini (Dyar)

Adult Mexican rice borers are light tan moths with delta-shaped wings. By comparison sugarcane borer adults are larger, straw-colored moths about ¾ inch long with a series of black dots arranged in an inverted V shape pattern on the front wings.

Click on the links above to go to the Mexican Rice Borer home page or the Rice Insects Photo Galleries home page.