Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

  Sighting 1041896

European Corn Borer Moth
Ostrinia nubilalis

Observation date: May 02, 2015
Submitted by: rebeccafm
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Unknown
Verified by: Robert Martin
Verified date: May 04, 2015
Coordinator notes: BugGuide.net provides: ".... a serious pest of corn in several areas of United States and Canada .... accidentally introduced to North America in the early 1900s in broom corn imported from Hungary and Italy for the manufacture of brooms .... first noticed near Boston in 1917." Bob Martin