EPPO Global Database

Eoreuma loftini(EORELO)

Distribution details in United States of America (Texas)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
Comments
First found in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in the early 1980s. It then spread to 40 counties in Texas.
References
* Showler AT, Cook SC, Abrigo V (2013) Transgenic Bt corn varietal resistance against the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and implications to sugarcane. Crop Protection 48, 57-62.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, no details view...