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Ostrinia furnacalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae, the grass moths.It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854 and is known by the common name Asian corn borer since this species is found in Asia and feeds mainly on corn crop.
The Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, is one of the biggest pests of maize in Asia, causing 10%-30% of yield losses in the field, and in some cases up to 80% yield loss. [7] These pests carry fungal pathogens (such as Bipolaris maydis and Curvularia lunata) which cause diseases such as maydis leaf blight and curvularia leaf spot in the crop.
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European corn worm or European high-flyer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a pest of grain, particularly maize ( Zea mays ). The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet , including broom corn .
1 Life cycle. 2 Genome sequence. 3 In agriculture. 4 As disease-causing ... It also has the pathogenic potential to kill the Asian corn borer, a pest of maize in east ...
Ostrinia scapulalis, the adzuki bean borer or adzuki bean worm, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is one of 20 moths in the genus Ostrinia and is of Eurasian origin. [1] The larvae have a gray mid-dorsal line and can be light pink or beige.
Lesser cornstalk borer (Elasmopalpus lignosellus: Phycitinae) – stalk pest of corn (Zea mays); tropical and subtropical Americas, introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Locust bean moth (Ectomyelois ceratoniae: Phycitinae) Mahogany webworm (Macalla thyrsisalis: Epipaschiinae) – defoliator pest of mahogany trees (Swietenia); Neotropics.
In the Philippines this parasitoid has been used to eradicate the Asian Corn Borer, a pest of maize in East Asia.Some companies sell this insect in the pupal stage to be deposited in fields that have Lepidoptera pests.
Some species of braconids are parasitoids of Ostrinia furnacalis (the Asian corn borer, a lepidopteran moth known for being a pest of maize in East Asia), the African sugarcane borer (a moth commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa), [10] the butterfly Danaus chrysippus in Ghana, [11] and Liriomyza trifolii (the American serpentine leafminer) and ...