• Leptocorisa is the common “Rice bug” or “Paddy stink bug”.

• Adult bugs are lean – bodied with an unpleasant stink.

• It is a sporadic paddy pest.

• Widely distributed in India.

• They breed all the year round and complete several generations every year.

• Whole life cycle is completed in 4 or 5 weeks.

• The life span of adult is nearly 3 – 4 months.