Rice production in the United States by 382 pounds per acre. Six states now account for over 99% of all rice grown in the US. These are Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas. As of 2003, Arkansas topped the list with a production level of 213 million bushels against a total production of 443 million bushels in the country, and the annual per capita consumption reported is in excess of 28 pounds. The earliest types grown in Carolina were the African "Oryza glaberrima", the prized "Carolina Gold". Asian "Oryza sativa" was "Carolina White". After the total decline of rice cultivation in Carolina, "Carolina Gold" is
Earias cupreoviridis of costa suffused with pinkish yellow. There is a brownish irregular marginal band with a yellowish inner edge. Abdomen and hindwings pure white. The caterpillar is pale pinkish brown with olive-green speckles. Anterior tubercles are orange colored and the later are pinkish brown. There are jet-black spots above the spiracles. Larval food plants are "Abelmoschus esculentus", "Diospyros", "Gossypium", "Grewia tiliaefolia", "Corchorus", "Hibiscus", "Kydia calycina", "Malvastrum coromandelianum", "Oryza sativa" and "Sida cordifolia". Earias cupreoviridis Earias cupreoviridis, called the cupreous bollworm as a larva, is a moth of the family Nolidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It