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Meanings

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yellow stem borer; Scirpophaga incertulas

usually written using kana alone

A species of moth whose larvae bore into rice stems; an agricultural pest in Asia.

サンカメイガは稲いねの茎くきに穴あなを開あける害がい虫ちゅうです。
The yellow stem borer is a pest that bores holes into rice stems.
今年ことしはサンカメイガの発はっ生せいが少すくなかった。
There were few yellow stem borers this year.