Diabrotica virgifera is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.

It is an agricultural pest species that attacks maize.

[1] It includes two subspecies, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (the western corn rootworm) and Diabrotica virgifera zeae (the Mexican corn rootworm).

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