The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European corn worm or European high-flyer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a pest of grain, particularly maize (Zea mays). The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet, including broom corn.

Destructive borers include the European corn borer, the sugarcane borer, and the grass webworm. Adults of these species are called snout moths because their larvae are characterized by elongated snoutlike mouthparts. The larval stage of the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilalis; also called Ostrinia nubilalis) is the most important… Read More

Dissemination of the parasite Nosema pyrausta in populations of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland. Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica, 9(3):81-85. Google Scholar

Mar 1, 2009 · N. pyrausta was described from O. nubilalis in Hungary in 1927 and from O. nubilalis in IA in 1950. It affects the basic biology of O. nubilalis by slowing larval development, reducing percentage pupation, and decreasing adult longevity, oviposition and fecundity.

Mar 18, 2016 · Because of the importance of N. pyrausta as a population regulator of O. nubilalis, causing a chronic disease in larvae and adults, the current knowledge on the occurrence, biology, transmission, effects on the host insect, interactions with beneficial insects and …

Orientation and Feeding Behavior of the Larva on the Corn Plant. The European corn borer is a non-host-specific insect, and has been reported feeding on over 200 different plant species (Caffrey and Worthley 1927, Hodgson 1928, and others).

N. pyrausta was described from O. nubilalis in Hungary in 1927 and from O. nubilalis in IA in 1950. It affects the basic biology of O. nubilalis by slowing larval development, reducing percentage pupation, and decreasing adult longevity, oviposition and fecundity.

Stanley D. Beck Thermal and thermoperiodic effects on larval development and diapause in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, Journal of Insect Physiology 29, no.1 1 (Jan 1983): 107–112.

When it was discovered that the European corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis Hiibn., had a seasonal history of one annual generation in New York, whereas in eastern Massachusetts, under climatic conditions not strikingly

Discovered in the northeastern sec- tion of the United States in 1917, it has steadily spread until at the present time it is a potential menace to the great corn belt, and no means of arresting its progress are as yet apparent.