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A Bibliography of the Southwestern Corn Borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
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Southwestern Corn BorerEngineeringBotanyInsect ConservationEntomologyAgricultural EconomicsPlant PathologyD. GrandiosellaForest EntomologyArthropod TaxonomySustainable AgriculturePublic HealthPlant-insect InteractionPest ManagementIntegrated Plant ProtectionDiatraea Grandiosella DyarBiologyTerrestrial ArthropodEvolutionary BiologyCrop ProtectionPest ControlSymbiosis
The southwestern corn borer, Diatraea grandiosella Dyar, occurs in Mexico and in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas (Anon. 1976). Known host plants of D. grandiosella include sugarcane, forage and grain sorghums, sudangrass, broomcorn, and johnsongrass, (Wilbur et al. 1950), teosinte (Burkhardt and Painter 1954), and millet (Rolston 1955) as well as field corn, popcorn, and sweetcorn (Wilbur et al. 1950). In general, corn is the most satisfactory host for development of D. grandiosella populations; and the primary economic importance of this insect species results from its attacks on corn. Economic infestations also have been observed in grain sorghum (Gerhardt et al. 1972).