Ostrinia scapulalis

Ostrinia scapulalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Ostrinia[1]
Species: O. scapulalis
Binomial name
Ostrinia scapulalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Botys scapulalis Walker, 1859
  • Ostrinia scapulalis assamensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia narynensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia orientalis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia orientalis kurilensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia orientalis ussuriensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia scapulalis pacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia scapulalis perpacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia scapulalis rossica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
  • Ostrinia scapulalis subpacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970

The Adzuki Bean Borer (Ostrinia scapulalis) is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It occurs in the Palearctic ecozone, in two apparently disconnected areas: one in the western Palearctic (from western Europe to Russia) and one in the eastern Palearctic (from eastern China to Japan).[2]

The larvae mainly feed on Artemisia vulgaris, but may also feed on maize. Before boring the stalks of their host plant, early instar larvae graze young plant tissues that are mostly apical.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
  2. ↑ Reconsidering the taxomony of several Ostrinia species in the light of reproductive isolation: a tale for Ernst Mayr
  3. ↑ Divergence in behaviour between the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, and its sibling species Ostrinia scapulalis: adaptation to human harvesting?