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The Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, is one of the most devastating corn rootworm species in North America, especially in the midwestern corn-growing areas such as Iowa. A related species, the Northern corn rootworm, D. barberi , co-inhabits in much of the range and is fairly similar in biology.
Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America. Spotted cucumber beetles cause damage to crops in the larval and adult stages of their life cycle.
It includes two subspecies, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (the western corn rootworm) and Diabrotica virgifera zeae (the Mexican corn rootworm). [2]
The Western Corn Rootworm is one of the five agricultural pests that have developed resistance to GM crops. Source: Wikimedia Commons. A study conducted earlier this summer by the University of ...
Spotted cucumber beetle, northern corn rootworm beetle, and western corn rootworm beetle Western corn rootworm. Cucumber beetle is a common name given to members of two genera of beetles, Diabrotica and Acalymma, both in the family Chrysomelidae. [1] The adults can be found on cucurbits such as cucumbers and a variety of other plants.
Diabrotica virgifera LeConte, 1858 - Mexican corn rootworm, western corn rootworm; Diabrotica viridana Baly, 1886; Diabrotica viridans (Baly, 1889) Diabrotica viridicollis Jacoby, 1887; Diabrotica viridifasciata Jacoby, 1887; Diabrotica viridilimbata Baly, 1879; Diabrotica viridimaculata Jacoby, 1878; Diabrotica viridipustulata Baly, 1886
Corn is the most valuable crop in Kansas – in 2022, farmers collected $3.6 billion from corn, at $7.2 a bushel, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s $1.5 billion more than ...
However, Western corn rootworm adults are longer than striped cucumber beetle adults. Whereas the length of the adult striped cucumber beetle is around 5.25 mm, the length of the western corn rootworm is around 6.3 mm. [3] Furthermore, the black stripes of western corn rootworm adults do not fully span across the entire elytra, but begin to ...