Identification of sympatric Asian and European corn borers.
Author of the article:LI Wen-De1,CHEN Su-Xin1,QIN Jian-Guo2
Author's Workplace:1.(Department of Agronomy, Zhangjiakou Agricultural College, Hebei 075131, China); 2.(Guocun Agricultural Technology Station,Xuanhua County, Hebei075126, China).
Key Words:Ostrinia furnacalis; O.nubilalis; O.orientalis; sympatry; reproductive isolation
Abstract:Reproductive isolation experiments on moths collected from different zones or hosts, morpholgical identfication, male response to pheromones and feeding habits in Ostrinia spp. Were studied. The results indicate that corn borers feeding on sibling