Ostrinia scapulalis
| Ostrinia scapulalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Ostrinia[1] |
| Species: | O. scapulalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ostrinia scapulalis (Walker, 1859) | |
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Ostrinia scapulalis, the adzuki bean borer, adzuki bean worm, is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It occurs in the Palearctic ecozone, in two apparently disconnected areas: one in the western Palearctic (from western Europe to Russia) and one in the eastern Palearctic (from eastern China to Japan).[2]
The larvae mainly feed on Artemisia vulgaris, but may also feed on maize. Before boring the stalks of their host plant, early instar larvae graze young plant tissues that are mostly apical.[3]
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
- ↑ Reconsidering the taxomony of several Ostrinia species in the light of reproductive isolation: a tale for Ernst Mayr
- ↑ Divergence in behaviour between the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, and its sibling species Ostrinia scapulalis: adaptation to human harvesting?
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