Mexican Corn Rootworm

Diabrotica virgifera zeae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae

The Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, is one of the most devastating corn rootworm species in North America, especially in the midwestern corn-growing areas such as Iowa. A related species, the Northern corn rootworm, D. barberi, co-inhabits in much of the range and is fairly similar in biology.

Distribution

Mexican Corn Rootworm — (c) Roberto Daniel Avila, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Roberto Daniel Avila · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 1

Sources and credits

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Mexican Corn Rootworm

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