Diabrotica barberi

TaxID: 50386

Basic Information

Diabrotica barberi

Northern Corn Rootworm, northern corn rootworm

Diabrotica barberi, the northern corn rootworm, is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. Adults feed on corn, and, when corn is unavailable, goldenrod pollen.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Diabrotica

barberi

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Diabrotica barberi
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(c) molanic@BY-NC
Diabrotica barberi
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(c) Pierrick Bloin@BY-NC
Diabrotica barberi
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(c) molanic@BY-NC
Diabrotica barberi
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(c) Trevor Edmonson@BY
Diabrotica barberi
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(c) hobiecat@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adults 4.8-5.6 mm long, 2.0-2.5 mm wide. Body elongate, subparallel. Color entirely pale yellowish-green, except head yellow, antennae with some black segments, pronotum and elytra green, ventral surfaces yellow. Femora uniformly yellow-green or olive-ocher (not bicolored), tibiae sometimes bicolored with dark outer edges, tarsi black or dark brown. Head with labrum and mandibles black or piceous. Larvae are small, wrinkled, yellowish-white, 10-18 mm long at maturity, with brown head capsule. Distinguished from D. virgifera by uniformly green coloration of femora.

Source: EPPO Global Database Life Stage: Adult / Larva Source Type: Diagnostic reference
Citation:

EPPO Global Database. Diabrotica barberi datasheet.

Host Plants (15 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (54 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Albania Quarantine pests —
Armenia Absent —
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Belgium Unknow 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pests 2019
Belarus Absent —
Brazil Absent 2018
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
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Distribution (5 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
3
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
Netherlands Absent —
Slovenia Absent —
United States of America Present
United States of America Absent

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR23945819 whole body - - 24694609 USA: South Dakota
SRR23945818 whole body - - 24380648 USA: South Dakota
SRR23945817 whole body - - 22269591 USA: South Dakota

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature