Diatraea grandiosella

TaxID: 61289

Basic Information

Diatraea grandiosella

Crambid moth, Southwestern Corn Borer, southwestern corn borer

The southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella, is a moth belonging to the sub-order Heterocera. Like most moths, The southwestern corn borer undergoes complete metamorphosis developing as an egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa and adult. It is capable of entering diapause in its larva stage and under the conditions of a precise photoperiod. Growth and development are regulated by juvenile hormones. The southwestern corn borer has an extensive range. It occurs in Mexico and in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Known host plants of D. grandiosella include sugarcane, forage and grain sorghums, broomcorn, and Johnsongrass, teosinte, and millet well as field corn, popcorn, and sweetcorn. It remains a serious agricultural pest of corn (maize).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Diatraea

grandiosella

nan

Photos (5 photos)

Diatraea grandiosella
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(c) Jack Cochran@BY-NC
Diatraea grandiosella
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(c) Yinan Li@BY-NC
Diatraea grandiosella
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(c) Jack Cochran@BY-NC
Diatraea grandiosella
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(c) Jack Cochran@BY-NC
Diatraea grandiosella
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(c) Jack Cochran@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Larvae of the summer generation are white with brown head capsules and prothoracic shields and have segmentally-arranged sclerotized pinaculae. Diapause larvae lose their characteristic pigmentation and become immaculate.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Larva Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Environmental regulation of the larval diapause of the southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera : pyralidae)

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (5 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Guatemala Absent —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Mexico Present —
United States of America Present —

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

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (13 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ZYCRM943-11 BOLD:AAZ6577 COI-5P 509 United States 1977-06-17 -
ZYCRM942-11 - COI-5P 658 United States 1977-05-13 -
GBGL18594-15 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 643 Mexico 2013-12-17 25.71, -109.03
GBGL12837-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 680 - - -
GBGL12836-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 680 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
GBGL12835-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 616 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
GBGL12834-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 655 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
GBGL12833-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 655 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
GBGL12832-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 655 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
GBGL12831-13 BOLD:AAV9126 COI-5P 655 Mexico - 23.874361, -101.554
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