The stalk borer is a native American insect which was mentioned as a pest in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania prior to 1852 when it was first described as a species. The stalk borer belongs to the large group of noctuid or ...

The potato stem borer was first reported as an economic pest in the United States in 1975. A native of Europe, Siberia, and Japan, it was accidentally introduced into the maritime provinces of Canada before 1908. The insect ...

The fall armyworm is a resident of the southern United States, the tropics of Central, and South America, and some of the islands of the West Indies. It survives the winter only in the warm Gulf Coast areas of the southern ...

The corn earworm feeds on a number of crops worldwide and is named for the host crop. When it feeds on corn, as in the Northeast, it is the corn earworm; in the South when it feeds on cotton it is the cotton bollworm; and ...

The European corn borer is a major pest of corn and feeds on over 200 plant species including many weeds. This insect generally produces generations in June and August in most areas of the United States and the northeast. ...