Ostrinia scapulalis

Ostrinia scapulalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Ostrinia
Species:	O. scapulalis
Binomial name
Ostrinia scapulalis (Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
Botys scapulalis Walker, 1859 Ostrinia scapulalis assamensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia narynensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia orientalis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia orientalis kurilensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia orientalis ussuriensis Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia scapulalis pacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia scapulalis perpacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia scapulalis rossica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970 Ostrinia scapulalis subpacifica Mutuura & Munroe, 1970

Ostrinia scapulalis, the adzuki bean borer, adzuki bean worm, is a species of moth in the Crambidae family. It occurs in the Palearctic ecozone, in two apparently disconnected areas: one in the western Palearctic (from western Europe to Russia) and one in the eastern Palearctic (from eastern China to Japan).

The larvae mainly feed on Artemisia vulgaris, but may also feed on maize. Before boring the stalks of their host plant, early instar larvae graze young plant tissues that are mostly apical.

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