Ostrinia Explained

Ostrinia is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Several of them, including the European corn borer, are agricultural pests.

Species

• Ostrinia avarialis Amsel, 1970
• Ostrinia dorsivittata (Moore, 1888)
• Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
• Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée, 1854) - Asian corn borer, Asian corn worm^{[1] [2]}
• Ostrinia kasmirica (Moore, 1888)
• Ostrinia kurentzovi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
• Ostrinia latipennis (Warren, 1892)
• Ostrinia marginalis (Walker, 1866)
• Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) - European corn borer, European corn worm
• Ostrinia obumbratalis (Lederer, 1863) - smartweed borer
• Ostrinia ovalipennis Ohno, 2003^[3]
• Ostrinia palustralis (Hübner, 1796)
• Ostrinia penitalis (Grote, 1876) - American lotus borer^[4]
• Ostrinia peregrinalis (Eversmann, 1852)
• Ostrinia putzufangensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
• Ostrinia quadripunctalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Ostrinia sanguinealis (Warren, 1892)
• Ostrinia scapulalis (Walker, 1859)
• Ostrinia zaguliaevi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
• Ostrinia zealis (Guenée, 1854)

Disputed species

• Ostrinia maysalis P. Leraut, 2012, described from France.

Agricultural problems

The Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, is one of the biggest pests of maize in Asia, causing 10%-30% of yield losses in the field, and in some cases up to 80% yield loss.^[5] These pests carry fungal pathogens (such as Bipolaris maydis and Curvularia lunata) which cause diseases such as maydis leaf blight and curvularia leaf spot in the crop.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bugs . Systematic Reference Database on Korean Land Arthropoda . 2007-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722141534/http://bugland.ccbb.re.kr/taxo/list_main.php?mode=search&s_mode=referenceID&referenceID=809 . 2011-07-22 . dead . Cites Taxonomic study of the corn stem borer in Korea with allied species of the genus Ostrinia (Lep.; Pyralidae) . Park, K. T. . 1975 . Korean Journal of Plant Protection . 14 . 4 . 221–225 .
2. Usefulness of mitochondrial COII gene sequences in examining phylogenetic relationships in the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, and allied species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) . Kim CG, Hoshizaki S, Huang YP, Tatsuki S, Ishikawa Y . Applied Entomology and Zoology . 0003-6862 . 34 . 4 . 405–412 . 1999 . 10.1303/aez.34.405 . free .
3. OHNO S . Entomological Science. 6 . 77–83 . 2003 . 10.1046/j.1343-8786.2003.00007.x . A new knotweed-boring species of the genus Ostrinia Hubner (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Japan . 2. 84384785.
4. Web site: Ostrinia penitalis - "American Lotus Borer" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610100914/http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/aqua/apis/biocontrol/html/ostrinia.html . 2007-06-10 .
5. Wang, H., H. Dong, H. Qian, and B. Cong. "Laboratory Assessment of Entomopathogenic Nematode Symbiotic Bacteria to Control Maize Pest, Ostrinia Furnacalis, and Fungi Diseases, Bipolaris Maydis and Curvularia Lunata." Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 17.4 (2014): 823-27. Scopus. Web. 7 Dec. 2014