Ostrinia nubilalis
European Corn Borer
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Ostrinia
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Crambidae | Ostrinia
External: GBIF #8223165
40 AI-consensus-verified claims across 3 interaction categories.
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biocontrol 21 claims
- This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“higher parasitism of larvae of the lepidopteran pest, Ostrinia nubilalis by the parasitoid Eriborus terebrans...in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedRickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F. (2004) · Agroecosystems Analysis · p. 57 #6492144 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“Parasitism rates by any of these species can reach over 50 percent”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492260 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Macrocentrus grandii · effect: beneficial
“Parasitism rates by any of these species can reach over 50 percent”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492261 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma nubilale · effect: beneficial
“Trichogramma nubilale is variably effective at suppressing populations of European corn borer”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492262 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma nubilale · effect: beneficial
“Limitations of Trichogramma nubilale as an inundative biological control of Ostrinia nubilalis”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 24 #6492302 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma brassicae · effect: beneficial
“Biological control of European corn borer in corn using inundative releases of Trichogramma brassicae has been implemented successfully in parts of Europe”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 71 #6492367 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“higher parasitism of Ostrinia nubilalis larvae by the parasitoid Eriborus terebrans in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 19 #6492411 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“higher parasitism of Ostrinia nubilalis larvae by the parasitoid Eriborus terebrans in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 48 #6492509 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Macrocentrus grandii · effect: beneficial
“In the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii (Braconidae), both hot and cold anthrone tests were used to characterise trends in carbohydrate metabolism”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 70 #6492548 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Macrocentrus grandii · effect: beneficial
“Effects of partial sugar deprivation on lifespan in the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 91 #6492640 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Cotesia spp. · effect: beneficial
“one of the most important genera in this family for pest management is Cotesia”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“only three natural enemies, Eriborus terebrans Grav., Macrocentrus grandii, and Nosema pyrausta, are frequently encountered”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492853 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Macrocentrus grandii · effect: beneficial
“only three natural enemies, Eriborus terebrans Grav., Macrocentrus grandii, and Nosema pyrausta, are frequently encountered”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492854 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma nubilale · effect: beneficial
“Limitations of Trichogramma nubilale as an inundative biological control of Ostrinia nubilalis”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 24 #6492886 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma nubilale · effect: beneficial
“parasitism ranged from 20 to 90 percent”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control #6492962 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma brassicae · effect: beneficial
“Trichogramma brassicae has been implemented successfully in parts of Europe”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control #6492963 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Macrocentrus grandii · effect: beneficial
“Macrocentrus grandii, a braconid wasp that parasitizes corn borer larvae”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 200 #6493076 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Lydella thompsoni (Parasitic fly) · effect: beneficial
“disappearance of Lydella thompsoni in Nebraska may be an example”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 200 #6493077 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma brassicae · effect: beneficial
“30,000 to 40,000 acres of corn against the European corn borer”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma ostriniae · effect: beneficial
“thanks to releases of the parasitic wasp, Trichogramma ostriniae”
parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAltieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A. (2005) · Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies · p. 4 #6496406 - This entity is the object of biocontrol by Eriborus terebrans · effect: beneficial
“European corn borers at the outskirts of fields are more prone to parasitism by the ichneumonid wasp Eriborus terebrans”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAltieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A. (2005) · Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies · p. 26 #6496409
herbivory 14 claims
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“higher parasitism of larvae of the lepidopteran pest, Ostrinia nubilalis...in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedRickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F. (2004) · Agroecosystems Analysis · p. 57 #6492137 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“yield loss per European corn borer tunnel per plant”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 73 #6492360 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“yield loss per European corn borer tunnel per plant”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 73 #6492365 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“key pest, European corn borer, populations not predictable”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods #6492460 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Trichogramma ostriniae collected from corn fields interplanted with flowering buckwheat”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 70 #6492540 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“parasitism by all three combined rarely exceeds 30 percent”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 9 #6492846 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“yield loss per European corn borer tunnel per plant”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control #6492958 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“loss of yield from corn ears that drop early because of European corn borer tunneling”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“European corn borer larvae, which feed at the whorl before boring into the plant”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“resistance in corn to the European corn borer”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“EUROPEAN CORN BORER: Egg masses/25 plants”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“30,000 to 40,000 acres of corn against the European corn borer”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“probably the most important pest across all corn-growing regions”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Tolerable levels of European corn borer, thanks to releases of the parasitic wasp”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAltieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A. (2005) · Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies · p. 4 #6496398
pest pressure 5 claims
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“ranks as one of the most destructive pests of corn”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Capsicum annuum (Chilli / Paprika) · effect: harmful
“it also damages peppers and other garden crops”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“degree-day requirements for certain activities of the European corn borer”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Trichogramma brassicae (=maidis) Europe, North America Lepidopterans 1980 S”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 9 #6495476 - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Trichogramma brassicae (=maidis) Europe, North America Lepidopterans 1980 S”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 9 #6495518
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
biocontrol 3
- GloBI pathogenOf Ostrinia nubilalis Bing, L.A., and Lewis, L. C. 1992. Temporal relationships between Zea mays, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lep.: Pyralidae) and endophytic Beauveria bassiana. Entomophaga 37: 525-536.; Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.); Maniania, N. K.; and Fargues, J. 1984. Host specificity of entomophathogenic Hyphomycetes to noctuids. Entomophaga 29(4): 451-464.
- GloBI parasitoidOf Ostrinia nubilalis UCD Community. (2023). Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website [Database]. https://ucd.chalcid.org/ (Accessed March 4th, 2024)
- GloBI pathogenOf Ostrinia nubilalis Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.)
flower visitor 1
- GloBI visits Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93651508
herbivory 1
- GloBI eats Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102177002
pest pressure 1
- GloBI hasHost Zea mays Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
pollination 9
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays subsp. mays https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2636935
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Echinacea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56812615
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2636985
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Centaurea nigrescens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133383278
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Convolvulus arvensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89310962
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Eutrochium maculatum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258670885
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lobelia siphilitica https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258742839
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Spiraea alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14502968
- GloBI pollinates Convolvulus arvensis Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
attractant 8
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Echinacea purpurea https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56812615
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Centaurea nigrescens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133383278
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Convolvulus arvensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89310962
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Eutrochium maculatum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258670885
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lobelia siphilitica https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258742839
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Spiraea alba https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14502968
- GloBI visits Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93651508
- GloBI pollinates Convolvulus arvensis Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
biocontrol 3
- GloBI pathogenOf Ostrinia nubilalis Bing, L.A., and Lewis, L. C. 1992. Temporal relationships between Zea mays, Ostrinia nubilalis (Lep.: Pyralidae) and endophytic Beauveria bassiana. Entomophaga 37: 525-536.; Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.); Maniania, N. K.; and Fargues, J. 1984. Host specificity of entomophathogenic Hyphomycetes to noctuids. Entomophaga 29(4): 451-464.
- GloBI parasitoidOf Ostrinia nubilalis UCD Community. (2023). Universal Chalcidoidea Database Website [Database]. https://ucd.chalcid.org/ (Accessed March 4th, 2024)
- GloBI pathogenOf Ostrinia nubilalis Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.)
crop interaction 4
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays subsp. mays https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2636935
- GloBI eats Zea mays https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102177002
- GloBI hasHost Zea mays Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-a0c1-b8d5fb69f85a via Natural History Museum (2023). Data Portal query on 1 resources created at 2023-05-24 11:19:42.032183 PID https://doi.org/10.5519/qd.bsucrxdz. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS/archive/808e0b869f9ec1adf8efff87cf6a395adda103e0.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Zea mays https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2636985