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Keywords: Oryza sativa, Chilo suppressalis, Scripophaga incertulas, ecotypes, dormancy, diapause, development, embryo, integument, respiration, metamorphosis, metabolism, eye, morphology, temperature, cold tolerance, gender, sterility, brain, corpus allatum, prothoracic glands, factors triggering diapause, factors terminating diapause, endocrine system, overwintering