Maryland Biodiversity Project - Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica vergifera)

Western Corn Rootworm Diabrotica vergifera LeConte, 1868

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Chrysomelidae > Genus Diabrotica Western Corn Rootworm - Diabrotica vergifera - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/19030

Introduced from Central and South America.

Host plant is Corn.

There are 3 records in the project database.

A Western Corn Rootworm in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/27/2017). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Western Corn Rootworm in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Photo by Kurt Schwarz. (MBP list)

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