Ostrinia nubilalis
Hübner, 1796 · speciesAt a glance
Sources6 archives
Databases and archives Ostrinia nubilalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility27 248 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI210 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics545 specimens↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), also known as the European corn worm or European high-flyer, is a moth of the family Crambidae which includes other grass moths. It is a pest of grain, particularly maize (Zea mays). The insect is native to Europe, originally infesting varieties of millet, including broom corn. The European corn borer was first reported in North America in 1917 in Massachusetts, but was probably introduced from Europe several years earlier. Since its initial discovery in the Americas, the insect has spread into Canada and westward across the United States to the Rocky Mountains. The adult European corn borer is about 25 mm long with a 26-30 mm wingspan. The female is light yellowish brown with dark, irregular, wavy bands across the wings. The male is slightly smaller and darker. European corn borer caterpillars damage corn by chewing tunnels through many parts of the plant. This decreases agricultural yield.
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A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ostrinia nubilalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Ostrinia nubilalis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type27 248 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions25 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record | 592 |
| East Lansing, US | 230 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 157 |
| St. Paul, US | 139 |
| Helsinki, FI | 106 |
| New Haven, US | 96 |
| Tartu, EE | 61 |
| Zürich, CH | 61 |
| Washington, US | 59 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 38 |
| Cambridge, US | 34 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 32 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 29 |
| Tallinn, EE | 26 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 21 |
| Zoological Museum of the University of Chittagong, Bangladeshlocation not on record | 21 |
| Philadelphia, US | 20 |
| Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 20 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 20 |
| CUlocation not on record | 18 |
| University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomicslocation not on record | 16 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 15 |
| Philadelphia, US | 11 |
| Decorah, US | 9 |
| US | 8 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 7 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 6 |
| Salzburg, AT | 6 |
| ZAF-UMUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 4 |
| Blacksburg, US | 4 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 4 |
| neflocation not on record | 3 |
| King Saud Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| Oregon State Arthropod Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| SOVTlocation not on record | 2 |
| The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record | 2 |
| Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| Brussels, BE | 2 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 2 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vernal, US | 1 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 1 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Ostrinia nubilalis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.