The impact of predation by red-winged blackbirds on European corn borer populations

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 1535-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry E. Bendell ◽  
Patrick J. Weatherhead ◽  
Robin K. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Agelaius Phoeniceus ◽  
Population Estimates ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Late Fall ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
The Impact

Population estimates of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) were significantly positively correlated with distance from a blackbird roost near Beauharnois, Quebec. Gullet contents of male red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) indicated that corn borers were consumed, particularly in the late fall. This predation appears to be responsible for lowering corn borer populations in standing corn the following year. It was estimated that the benefit provided by red-winged blackbirds through predation on com borers compensated for approximately 20% of the damage the birds did to standing corn.

GENETICS OF DIAPAUSE INDUCTION AND TERMINATION IN THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE), IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (12) ◽  
pp. 1351-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. R. McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Diapause Induction ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Diapause Incidence

AbstractGrowth rate, diapause incidence, and diapause intensity were different in two strains of corn borers found in southwestern Ontario. Crosses between these two strains demonstrated that growth rate was female sex linked while diapause incidence was male sex linked. The effect of these two characteristics on hybridization is discussed.

POSTMATING AGE ESTIMATES FOR FEMALE EUROPEAN CORN BORER MOTHS, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE), USING TIME-RELATED CHANGES IN SPERMATOPHORES

1979 ◽  
Vol 111 (12) ◽  
pp. 1325-1335 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Elliott ◽  
V. A. Dirks
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Light Trap ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Volume Depletion ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Modal Values

AbstractThe spermatophores in mated female European corn borers, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), were shown to lose volume (depletion), change colour, and retract their spiral stalks over a period of about 7 days in such a way that postmating age could be estimated from their appearance. Colour changes and stalk retraction occurred more slowly in females that laid fertile eggs than in those that did not, but depletion occurred at the same rate. The average postmating age was estimated as 5.2, 6.3, 3.9, and 2.6 days for small light trap catches of first generation females in 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977 and 4.4, 3.9, and 3.2 days for larger catches of second generation females in 1974, 1975, and 1977. Catches did not show decreasing numbers in successive age groups but tended to show modal values at < 1 day and at 4–6 days with only 1% living > 7 days. Redistribution of the moths from the date of capture back to the date of mating tended to give a unimodal curve of numbers on time in the 1975 second generation but not in 1974 or 1977. The unimodal curve of redistributed moths in 1975 was significantly different from a normal distribution. The redistribution showed that 58% of the moths mated within the heat unit interval when the second generation was expected to emerge, whereas only 38% of the actual catches occurred in this interval. Redistribution also showed that mating probably occurred even on cold nights when few moths were trapped, and conversely that on some warm nights with large catches most of the moths had mated on earlier nights.

SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING PHEROMONE TRAP CATCHES OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. R. McLeod ◽  
A. N. Starratt
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
Pheromone Traps ◽  
Rapid Loss ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Trap Catches

AbstractA study was made of the reason for the fairly rapid loss of attractancy of pheromone traps for the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner). This loss in attractancy appeared to be attributable mainly to formation of an inhibitory or repellent substance(s). Although traps with a suspended pheromone dispenser were significantly more attractive than traps with the dispenser placed in contact with the adhesive, they still became relatively unattractive to male corn borers within approximately 1 week.

EVIDENCE OF A MALE SEX PHEROMONE IN THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (HÜBNER) (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Royer ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Mating System ◽  
Mating Success ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Male Pheromone ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Male Sex Pheromone ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Male Sex

AbstractEuropean corn borer males have hair pencils located ventrally on the 8th sternite and these are extruded when a male approaches a calling female. The fact that (i) antennectomized females mated significantly less than both intact controls and individuals subjected to other forms of surgery, and (ii) males with hair pencils removed had a significantly lower mating success than control males, suggests that a male pheromone is involved in the mating system of the European corn borer.

DEVELOPMENTAL ADAPTATION OF THE EUROPEAN CORN BORER (OSTRINIA NUBILALIS HÜBNER) IN ALBERTA

1987 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Lee ◽  
John R. Spence
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Corn Borers ◽  
Developmental Thresholds ◽  
Temperature Thresholds ◽  
Higher Temperature

AbstractTemperature effects on development were studied for two Alberta populations of Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), from the South Saskatchewan River valley and the surrounding plains. Lower developmental thresholds for all life stages of both Alberta populations were determined by linear regression. Thresholds for the egg stage were significantly less for plains borers (9.5°C) than for valley borers (10.8°C), and about 2°C lower than for corn borers from the United States. Thresholds in Alberta populations for the 4th (15.3°C) and 5th (14.0°C, plains) instars, and for post-diapause pupation (12.8°C), were much higher than in populations from the United States. Higher temperature thresholds delay development in Alberta populations, thus reducing midsummer pupation. Valley populations developed significantly faster than plains populations during egg development, during the prepupal period of the 5th instar, and during post-diapause pupation. These results explain why valley populations have a partial second generation in some years.

Central nervous processing of sex pheromones in two strains of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (7) ◽  
pp. 1073-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Anton ◽  
C Löfstedt ◽  
B S Hansson
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
Antennal Lobe ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Minor Component ◽  
F1 Hybrids ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Neuronal Types ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Staining Techniques

Antennal lobe neurones were investigated in the pyralid moth Ostrinia nubilalis using intracellular recording and staining techniques. Response characteristics of antennal lobe neurones from males in the so-called E and Z strains, in F1 hybrids and in parental backcrosses were studied. The antennal lobe of a male O. nubilalis comprises approximately 30 ordinary glomeruli and three enlarged glomeruli making up the macroglomerular complex (MGC). Receptor neurones enter the antennal lobe via the antennal nerve and arborize in single glomeruli. Intracellularly stained, pheromone-responding projection neurones in both parental strains arborized in different glomeruli within the MGC, irrespective of their response characteristics. Neurones were grouped according to their specificity to single pheromone components and to pheromone blends. Component-specific, blend-specific and generalist neurones were found. Specificity only occurred at low stimulus concentrations and disappeared as concentrations increased. Although all neuronal types were present in both pheromone strains and crossings, differences in abundance and sensitivity were found. In the parental strains, neurones responding to the major pheromone component and to the respective strain-specific blend were more abundant than neurones responding to the minor component and the blend produced by the other strain. Neurones investigated in ZxE hybrids responded similarly to those of E-strain males, whereas neurones in EZxZ paternal backcrosses responded similarly to those of Z males. In the hybrids and paternal backcrosses, hybrid-blend-specific neurones were present that were not found in parental-strain males.

DOSE–MORTALITY RESPONSE OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) THIRD-INSTAR LARVAE TO SELECTED INSECTICIDES

1993 ◽  
Vol 125 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Hutchison
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Sweet Corn ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Mortality Response ◽  
Ca 50 ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Economic Pest ◽  
Insecticide Control

The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, continues to be a consistent economic pest of field and sweet corn (Zea mays L.) in the upper midwestem United States. In Minnesota alone, O. nubilalis control costs and losses to sweet corn (ca. 50 630 ha) exceed $5,000,000 annually (Noetzel et al. 1985). Despite recent efforts to implement alternatives (Lewis and Bing 1991; Prokrym et al. 1992; Bartels and Hutchison 1993; Bolin et al. 1993), insecticide control continues to play a central role in O. nubilalis management programs.

Survey of Parasitoids of the European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Southwestern Kentucky

1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Shanklin ◽  
D. W. Johnson ◽  
L. H. Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
The U.S

The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is a major maize pest throughout the maize-growing regions of the U.S. A survey was conducted to determine the parasitoids of European corn borer in southwestern Kentucky, the major maize producing region in the state. Two species, Lixophaga variabilis (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Eriobus terebrans Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), were found. The most abundant species was the native L. variabilis. Only one E. terebrans was collected.

A METHOD OF DETECTING OVIPOSITION IN EUROPEAN CORN BORER MOTHS, OSTRINIA NUBILALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE), AND ITS RELATION TO SUBSEQUENT LARVAL DAMAGE TO PEPPERS

1978 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
pp. 487-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.M. Elliott ◽  
R.J. McClanahan ◽  
J. Founk
Keyword(s):  
Ostrinia Nubilalis ◽  
European Corn Borer ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Linear Equations ◽  
Light Trap ◽  
Yellow Band ◽  
Corn Borer ◽  
Green Pepper ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae

AbstractThe formation of a yellow band inside the stalk of each ovariole was a good indicator that a female European corn borer had laid eggs. The absence of these bands was less reliable as an indicator that no eggs had been laid, probably due to the time taken for the bands to form. The numbers of moths accumulating in a light trap over a week at Harrow, Ontario, and the numbers of females estimated to have laid eggs correlated significantly with the numbers of larvae developing in nearby green pepper plots 3, 4, and 5 weeks later during second generation flights. This enabled linear equations for forecasting pepper damage to be developed, in which the dissection data was more useful than the total moth catch alone.

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