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.

Species

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

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. 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.