Diabrotica virgifera

TaxID: 50389

Basic Information

Diabrotica virgifera

Western Corn Rootworm

Diabrotica virgifera is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is an agricultural pest species that attacks maize. It includes two subspecies, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (the western corn rootworm) and Diabrotica virgifera zeae (the Mexican corn rootworm).

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Chrysomelidae

Diabrotica

virgifera

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Diabrotica virgifera
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Diabrotica virgifera
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(c) Luke Armstrong@BY-NC
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(c) Randy A Nonenmacher@BY
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Diabrotica virgifera
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(c) aga-ma@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (5 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Albania Quarantine pests —
Burkina Faso Absent —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Turkey Unknow —

Distribution (26 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Austria Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Colombia Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_003013835.2 Scaffold 2418 6 489 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR31893225 Adult female antennae - - 87851634 USA: Columbia, Missouri
SRR31893224 Adult female antennae - - 73089540 USA: Columbia, Missouri
SRR31893216 Adult male antennae - - 87793164 USA: Columbia, Missouri

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature