Ostrinia nubilalis

TaxID: 29057

Basic Information

Ostrinia nubilalis

European Corn Borer, European corn borer

The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European corn worm or European high-flyer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a pest of grain, particularly maize (Zea mays). The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet, including broom corn. The European corn borer was first reported in North America in 1917 in Massachusetts, but was probably introduced from Europe several years earlier. Since its initial discovery in the Americas, the insect has spread into Canada and westwards across the United States to the Rocky Mountains. The adult European corn borer is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in) long with a 26 C30 millimetres (1.0 C1.2 in) wingspan. The female is light yellowish brown with dark, irregular, wavy bands across the wings. The male is slightly smaller and darker. European corn borer caterpillars damage corn by chewing tunnels through many parts of the plant, leading to a decrease in agricultural yield.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Crambidae

Ostrinia

nubilalis

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Photos (5 photos)

Ostrinia nubilalis
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(c) Donald Hobern@BY
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC
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(c) geoclaudia@BY-NC
Ostrinia nubilalis
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC
Ostrinia nubilalis
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(c) Andrey Ponomarev@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (5 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Artemisia Host
Cannabis sativa Host
Humulus lupulus Host
Panicum Host
Zea mays Host

Quarantine Status (21 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Argentina A1 list 2019
Brazil A1 list 2018
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Indonesia Absent —
Japan Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (58 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

56
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (7 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_963855985.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_963856005.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_043791335.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_043791265.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_043791035.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_041684095.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_008921685.1 Scaffold 454 10 392 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR13772915 whole body - - 19336341 USA:New York
SRR29025676 larvae - - 31761814 China: Xinjiang, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
SRR29025675 larvae - - 29836065 China: Xinjiang, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture

DNA Barcodes (410 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
XAK213-06 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 658 Canada 2006-04-08 43.537, -80.134
XAG530-05 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 615 Canada 2005-08-04 43.537, -80.134
XAG023-05 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 658 Canada 2005-07-22 43.537, -80.134
XAE632-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 590 Canada 2003-04-15 43.537, -80.134
XAE605-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 658 Canada 2003-04-15 43.537, -80.134
XAE481-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 657 Canada 2003-04-15 43.537, -80.134
XAD211-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 658 Canada 2002-08-21 43.537, -80.134
XAD071-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 578 Canada 2002-08-01 43.537, -80.134
XAC747-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 658 Canada 2002-07-11 43.537, -80.134
XAC647-04 BOLD:AEJ8875 COI-5P 591 Canada 2002-07-01 43.537, -80.134
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Literature