Eoreuma loftini(EORELO)
Distribution details in United States of America
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2017: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1980s
First recorded in: 1980s
First found in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (Texas) in the early 1980s. It has become the dominant stem boring insect pest of sugarcane. In 2008, it was detected in Western Louisiana rice-producing areas. In March 2012, it was found in Florida (Levy county). Considered as an invasive species in the USA.
Kang et al. (2022): in Georgia.
Kang et al. (2022): in Georgia.
* INTERNET
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Pest Alert. Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) in Florida. http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/pest-alerts/pdf/eoreuma-loftini.pdf
* Kang I, Wilson B, Carter B, Diaz R (2022) A new detection of the invasive Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Georgia in the United States based on morphological and molecular data. a. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 13(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmac014
* 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.
* Showler AT, Wilson BE, Reagan TE (2012) Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) injury to corn greater than to sorghum and sugarcane under field conditions. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(5), 1597-1602.
* Wilson BE, Beuzelin JM, Reagan TE (2017) Population distribution and range expansion of the invasive Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Louisiana. Environmental Entomology 46(2), 175-182.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Pest Alert. Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Crambinae) in Florida. http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/pest-alerts/pdf/eoreuma-loftini.pdf
* Kang I, Wilson B, Carter B, Diaz R (2022) A new detection of the invasive Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from Georgia in the United States based on morphological and molecular data. a. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 13(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmac014
* 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.
* Showler AT, Wilson BE, Reagan TE (2012) Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) injury to corn greater than to sorghum and sugarcane under field conditions. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(5), 1597-1602.
* Wilson BE, Beuzelin JM, Reagan TE (2017) Population distribution and range expansion of the invasive Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Louisiana. Environmental Entomology 46(2), 175-182.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Present, no details |