Oryza glaberrima a marais)”. The Portuguese accounts speak of the Falupo Jola, Landuma, Biafada, and Bainik growing rice. André Álvares de Almada wrote about the dike systems used for rice cultivation, from which modern West African rice dike systems are descended. African rice was brought to the Americas with the transatlantic slave trade, arriving in Brazil probably by the 1550s and in the U.S. in 1784. The seed was carried as provisions on slave ships, and the technology and skills needed to grow it were brought by enslaved rice farmers. Newly imported African slaves were marketed (and sometimes even trained) for their
Scirpophaga gilviberbis on "Oryza" species, including "Oryza sativa". Scirpophaga gilviberbis Scirpophaga gilviberbis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1863. It is found on the Comoros and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, India, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi), Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The wingspan is 20–22 mm for males and 23–35 mm for females. The forewings of the males are ochreous with some fuscous scales. The hindwings are white, except for the costal area and the apex which are ochreous. Females have white fore- and hindwings. The anal tuft is whitish grey