Ostrinia

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Ostrinia
Ostrinia nubialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ostrinia
(Hübner, 1825[1])

Ostrinia is a genus of moths. Several of them, including the European Corn Borer, are agricultural pests.

[edit] Species

Partial list:

  • O. ainsliei[1]
  • O. furnacalis - Asian corn borer[2][3]
  • O. latipennis[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ostrinia nubialis (TSN 117730). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on July 6, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d Bugs. Systematic Reference Database on Korean Land Arthropoda. Cites Park, K. T. (1975). "Taxonomic study of the corn stem borer in Korea with allied species of the genus Ostrinia (Lep.; Pyralidae)". Korean J. Pl. Prot. 14 (4): 221–225. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g KIM C-G, HOSHIZAKI S, HUANG Y-P, TATSUKI S, ISHIKAWA Y (1999). "Usefulness of mitochondrial COII gene sequences in examining phylogenetic relationships in the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, and allied species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). url = http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200007/000020000700A0018797.php". Appl Entomol Zool 34 (4): 405–412. ISSN 0003-6862. 
  4. ^ Ostrinia penitalis - "American Lotus Borer".
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