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Keywords: Rice Oryza sativa, damage, yield loss, according to the intensity of infestation the ranking from most to least is: 1) rice yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas, 2) striped rice stem borer Chilo suppressalis, 3) pink rice stem borer Sesamia inferens, 4) dark-headed striped borer Chilo polycrysus, and 5) gold-fringed rice borer Chilo auricilius