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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.
It includes two subspecies, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (the western corn rootworm) and Diabrotica virgifera zeae (the Mexican corn rootworm). [2]
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.
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
Four deer carcasses with chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as zombie deer disease, have been identified in British Columbia this year. This may indicate a spread of the fatal illness ...
The search for a woman who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in western Pennsylvania has become a recovery effort after two treacherous days of digging through mud and rock produced no ...
This virus can be transmitted by six species of leaf beetle: cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus), the red-headed flea beetle (Systena frontalis), corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria), southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), northern corn rootworm (D. longicornis) and western corn rootworm (D. virgifera virgifera).