Ostrinia is a genus of in the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Several of them, including the European corn borer, are agricultural pests.
Species
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Ostrinia avarialis Amsel, 1970
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Ostrinia dorsivittata (Moore, 1888)
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Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
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Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée, 1854) - Asian corn borer, Asian corn worm
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Ostrinia kasmirica (Moore, 1888)
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Ostrinia kurentzovi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
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Ostrinia latipennis (Warren, 1892)
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Ostrinia marginalis (Walker, 1866)
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Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) - European corn borer, European corn worm
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Ostrinia obumbratalis (Lederer, 1863) - smartweed borer
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Ostrinia ovalipennis Ohno, 2003
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Ostrinia palustralis (Hübner, 1796)
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Ostrinia penitalis (Grote, 1876) - American lotus borer
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Ostrinia peregrinalis (Eversmann, 1852)
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Ostrinia putzufangensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
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Ostrinia quadripunctalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Ostrinia sanguinealis (Warren, 1892)
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Ostrinia scapulalis (Walker, 1859)
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Ostrinia zaguliaevi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
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Ostrinia zealis (Guenée, 1854)
Disputed species
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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.
[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
] 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.
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