Chilo plejadellus

Chilo plejadellus, the rice stalk borer moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1821. It is found in North America, including Illinois,^[2] Ontario, Quebec, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana, Wisconsin,^[3] Texas and Arkansas.

Chilo plejadellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Chilo
Species:	C. plejadellus
Binomial name
Chilo plejadellus Zincken, 1821[1]
Synonyms
Chilo oryzaeellus C. V. Riley, 1882 Chilo oryzeellus Munroe, 1995 Diphryx prolatella Grote, 1881 Jartheza sabulifera Walker, 1863

The wingspan is 20–40 mm. They reach a length of 25–40 mm.^[4]