Ostrinia palustralis

Ostrinia • Crambidae • Pyraloidea • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Ostrinia palustralis (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Marko Mutanen, University of Oulu
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Ostrinia palustralis (Hübner) - (dock borer)

The moth is an oligophagous insect which feeds on dock plants (Rumex spp.).

Publications covering Ostrinia palustralis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1998) 86, 313-318
Yongping Huang, Sadahiro Tatsuki, Choon-gon Kim, Sugihiko Hoshizaki and Yukio Ishikawa (1998)
Identification of the sex pheromone of Ostrinia palustralis