Ostrinia

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.

Ostrinia
Ostrinia nubialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Tribe:	Pyraustini
Genus:	Ostrinia Hübner, 1825[1][2]
Synonyms
Eupolemarcha Meyrick, 1937 Micractis Warren, 1892 Zeaphagus Agenjo, 1952

Species

• Ostrinia avarialis Amsel, 1970
• Ostrinia dorsivittata (Moore, 1888)
• Ostrinia erythrialis (Hampson, 1913)
• Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée, 1854) - Asian corn borer, Asian corn worm^[3][4]
• Ostrinia kasmirica (Moore, 1888)
• Ostrinia kurentzovi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
• Ostrinia latipennis (Warren, 1892)^[4]
• Ostrinia marginalis (Walker, 1866)^[2]
• Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) - European corn borer, European corn worm^[2]
• Ostrinia obumbratalis (Lederer, 1863) - smartweed borer^[2]
• Ostrinia ovalipennis Ohno, 2003^[5]
• Ostrinia palustralis (Hübner, 1796)^[4]
• Ostrinia penitalis (Grote, 1876) - American lotus borer^[2][6]
• Ostrinia peregrinalis (Eversmann, 1852)
• Ostrinia putzufangensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970
• Ostrinia quadripunctalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
• Ostrinia sanguinealis (Warren, 1892)
• Ostrinia scapulalis (Walker, 1859)^[3][4]
• Ostrinia zaguliaevi Mutuura & Munroe, 1970^[4]
• Ostrinia zealis (Guenée, 1854)^[4]

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.^[7] 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.