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Ostrinia spp. in Japan: their host plants and sex pheromones
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Yukio,
Takanashi Takuma,
Kim Choonggon,
Hoshizaki Sugihiko,
Tatsuki Sadahiro,
Huang Yongping
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00489.x
Subject(s) - ostrinia , ostrinia furnacalis , pyralidae , biology , lepidoptera genitalia , european corn borer , sex pheromone , host (biology) , phylogenetic tree , botany , zoology , larva , ecology , genetics , gene
To contribute to the understanding of the genus Ostrinia (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae) in Japan, we collected larvae of Ostrinia spp. from known host plants and plants not recorded as hosts, and we examined the morphology and sex pheromones of the adults obtained. Consequently, the host plant ranges of the 7 Ostrinia spp. in Japan were clarified, and the sex pheromones of the 5 species O. scapulalis, O. zealis, O. zaguliaevi, O. palustralis and O. latipennis were identified in addition to that of the Asian corn borer O. furnacalis . The phylogenetic relationships of Japanese Ostrinia spp., with reference to the European corn borer O. nubilalis , are discussed based on these findings and results of molecular phylogenetic analyses.