Abstract:The supercooling point (SCP), freezing points (FP) and low temperature survival were tested on diapaused and non-diapaused larvae of 12 geographic populations of Asian corn borer (ACB), Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée), from China. The lowest temperature of SCP apparatus was improved from -24℃ to -35℃. The results indicated that the SCPs and FPs of ACB geographic populations decreased from -21.84℃ to -24.33℃ and -3.95℃ to -8.10℃, respectively, with the increasing of the geographic latitude. The longest median lethal times (LT50) were found in Xinjiang and Heilongjiang populations and the shortest LT50 were found in Guangdong populations at the tested temperatures of -25℃, -20℃, -15℃, -10℃ and 0℃, separately. There were significant differences in SCPs, FPs and LT50 between diapaused and non-diapaused larvae in the same geographic population. It is suggested that the ACB populations from northern region have stronger cold tolerance ability than those from southern region, and the diapaused larvae could survive at lower temperature than non-diapaused larvae.