Biological Control Agents

130 records

 

Subject Scientific Name Order Family
milfoil moth Acentria ephemerella (Denis & Schiffermüller) Lepidoptera Crambidae
bindweed gall mite Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci Acari Eriophyidae
sulfur knapweed root moth Agapeta zoegana (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera Cochylidae
alligatorweed flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971 Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
defoliating hemlock moth Agonopterix alstroemeriana (Clerck) Lepidoptera Oecophoridae
gorse tip moth Agonopterix nervosa (Haworth) Lepidoptera Oecophoridae
gorse soft shoot moth Agonopterix ulicitella (Stainton) Lepidoptera Oecophoridae
rose stem girdler Agrilus aurichalceus aurichalceus Redtenbacher Coleoptera Buprestidae
St. John's wort beetle Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer) Coleoptera Buprestidae
alligatorweed thrips Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae
flower-bud weevil Anthonomus tenebrosus (Boheman) Coleoptera Curculionidae
minute spurge flea beetle Aphthona abdominalis Duftschmidt Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
root feeding flea beetle Aphthona chinchihi Chen Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona cyparissiae (Koch) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
black leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona czwalinae Weise Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
copper leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona flava Guillebeau Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
brown-legged spurge flea beetle Aphthona lacertosa (Rosenhauer) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
black dot spurge flea beetle Aphthona nigriscutis Foudras Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
flea beetle Aphthona seriata Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
St. John's Wort Inchworm Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera Geometridae
alligatorweed stem borer Arcola malloi (Pastrana) Lepidoptera Pyralidae
Australian pyralid moth Austromusotima camptozonale (Hampson) Lepidoptera Crambidae
Hydrilla tuber weevil Bagous affinis Hustache Coleoptera Curculionidae
Hydrilla stem weevil Bagous hydrillae O'Brien Coleoptera Curculionidae
yellow starthistle bud weevil Bangasternus orientalis (Capiomont) Coleoptera Curculionidae
pickerelweed borer Bellura densa (Walker) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
ragwort seed fly Botanophila seneciella (Meade) Diptera Anthomyiidae
univoltine weevil Ceutorhynchus constrictus (Marsham) Coleoptera Curculionidae
Canada thistle stem mining weevil Ceutorhynchus litura (Fabricius) Coleoptera Curculionidae
univoltine weevil Ceutorhynchus roberti Gyllenhal Coleoptera Curculionidae
univoltine root mining weevil Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis Nerensheimer & Wagner Coleoptera Curculionidae
legless reed mealybug Chaetococcus phragmitis (Marchal) Hemiptera Pseudococcidae
knapweed peacock fly Chaetorellia acrolophi White & Marquardt Diptera Tephritidae
peacock fly Chaetorellia australis Hering Diptera Tephritidae
scarab beetles Chalepides spp. Casey, 1915 Coleoptera Scarabaeidae
clearwing moth Chamaesphecia crassicornis Bartel Lepidoptera Sesiidae
Hungarian clearwing moth Chamaesphecia hungarica (Tomala) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
clearwing moth Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis (Denis & Schiffermüller) Lepidoptera Sesiidae
musk thistle flower fly Cheilosia corydon (Harris) Diptera Syrphidae
klamath weed beetle Chrysolina hyperici (Forster) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
klamathweed beetle Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
waterhyacinth grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Bruner) Orthoptera Acrididae
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) Cypriniformes Cyprinidae
knapweed root weevil Cyphocleonus achates (Fahraeus) Coleoptera Curculionidae
salvinia weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder & Sands Coleoptera Curculionidae
skeletonweed gall midge Cystiphora schmidti (Rubsaamen) Diptera Cecidomyiidae
gall midge Dasineura capsulae (Kieffer) Diptera Cecidomyiidae
water hyacinth mirid bug Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Carvalho) Hemiptera Miridae
gall mites Eriophyes condrillae Canestrini Acari Eriophyidae
root-boring moth Eteobalea intermediella (Riedl) Lepidoptera Cosmopterigidae
milfoil weevil Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Dietz) Coleoptera Curculionidae
yellow star-thistle hairy weevil Eustenopus villosus (Boheman) Coleoptera Curculionidae
scotch broom seed weevil Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius) Coleoptera Brentidae
gorse seed weevil Exapion ulicis (Forster) Coleoptera Brentidae
Eriophyid mite Floracarus spp. Acari Eriophyidae
mimosa wilt Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. perniciosum (Hepting) Toole Hypocreales Nectriaceae
loosestrife leaf beetle Galerucella calmariensis Linnaeus Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
golden loosestrife beetle Galerucella pusilla (Duftschmid) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
leaf-feeding chrysomelid beetle Galerucida nigromaculata Baly Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
tortoise beetle Gratiana boliviana Spaeth Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
root galling weevil Gymnetron linariae (Panzer) Coleoptera Curculionidae
leaf-feeding sawfly Heteroperreyia hubrichi Malaise Hymenoptera Pergidae
weevil Homorosoma chinensis Wagner Coleoptera Curculionidae
hydrilla leaf mining flies Hydrellia spp. Robineau-Desviody, 1830 Diptera Ephydridae
spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera Sphingidae
root-boring weevil Hylobius transversovittatus (Goeze) Coleoptera Curculionidae
yellow starthistle flower weevil Larinus curtus Hochhut Coleoptera Curculionidae
lesser knapweed flower weevil Larinus minutus Gyllenhal Coleoptera Curculionidae
Canada thistle bud weevil Larinus planus (Fabricius) Coleoptera Curculionidae
univoltine gall midge Lasioptera hungarica Mohn Diptera Cecidomyiidae
twig-mining moth Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hubner) Lepidoptera Lyonetiidae
grass fly Lipara similis Schiner Diptera Chloropidae
ragwort flea beetle Longitarsus jacobaea (Waterhouse) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
stem-boring weevil Mecinus janthinus (Germar) Coleoptera Curculionidae
plant hopper Megamelus spp. Fieber, 1866 Hemiptera Delphacidae
multiflora rose seed chalcid Megastigmus aculeatus nigroflavus Hoffmeyer Hymenoptera Torymidae
tortoise beetle Metriona elatior Klug Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
knapweed seedhead moth Metzneria paucipunctella Zeller Lepidoptera Gelechiidae
puncturevine seed weevil Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val) Coleoptera Curculionidae
puncturevine stem weevil Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) Coleoptera Curculionidae
rose rosette disease RRD Unknown Unknown biotic damage agent
flower feeding weevil Nanophyes marmoratus (Goeze) Coleoptera Brentidae
water hyacinth weevils Neochetina spp. Hustache Coleoptera Curculionidae
water lettuce weevil Neohydronomus affinis Hustache Coleoptera Curculionidae
leafy spurge stem boring beetle Oberea erythrocephala (Schrank) Coleoptera Cerambycidae
lace bug Oncochila simplex (Herrich-Schäffer) Hemiptera Tingidae
alang-alang gall midge Orseolia javonica Diptera Cecidomyiidae
waterhyacinth mite Orthogalumna terebrantis Wallwork Acari Galumnidae
defoliator moth Oxicesta geographica (Fabricius) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
melaleuca leaf weevil Oxyops vitiosa Pascoe Coleoptera Curculionidae
Paracles tenuis Paracles tenuis (Berg) Lepidoptera Arctiidae
salvinia grasshopper Paulinia acuminata DeGeer Orthoptera Pauliniidae
stem-mining fly Pegomya euphorbiae (Kieffer) Diptera Anthomyiidae
Mediterranean sage root crown weevil Phrydiuchus tau Warner Coleoptera Curculionidae
Eriophyid mite Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer Acari Eriophyidae
flea beetle Phyllotreta ochripes (Curtis) Coleoptera Chrysomelidae
grass fly Platycephala planifrons (Fabricius) Diptera Chloropidae
meristem-sucking thrip Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood Thysanoptera Phlaeothripidae
puccinia rust Puccinia carduorum Jacky Uredinales Pucciniaceae
rush skeletonweed rust Puccinia chondrillina Bubák Uredinales Pucciniaceae
puccinia rusts Puccinia spp. Pers. Uredinales Pucciniaceae
musk thistle head weevil Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich) Coleoptera Curculionidae
rhizome feeding noctuid moth Rhizedra lutosa (Hubner) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth Samea multiplicalis (Guenee') Lepidoptera Crambidae
waterhyacinth moth Sameodes albiguttalis (Warren) Lepidoptera Crambidae
lady beetle Sasajiscymnus tsugae (Sasaji & McClure) Coleoptera Coccinellidae
lady beetle Scymnus suturalis Thunberg Coleoptera Coccinellidae
gorse thrips Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday Thysanoptera Thripidae
defoliator moth Simyra dentinosa Freyer Lepidoptera Noctuidae
bronze knapweed root borer Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger Coleoptera Buprestidae
waterlettuce moth Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
leafy spurge gall midge Spurgia esulae Gagne Diptera Cecidomyiidae
stem-gall nematode Subanguina picridis (Kirj.) Brezeski. Tylenchida Anguinidae
waterlily leafcutter Synclita obliteralis (Walker) Lepidoptera Crambidae
green knapweed clearwing fly Terellia virens (Loew) Diptera Tephritidae
gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius Dufour Acari Tetranychidae
petiole mining flies Thrypticus spp. Gerstaecker, 1864 Diptera Dolichopodidae
bloof-vein moth Timandra griseata (Petersen) Lepidoptera Geometridae
musk thistle rosette weevil Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) Coleoptera Curculionidae
cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera Arctiidae
field bindweed moth Tyta luctuosa (Denis & Schiffermüller) Lepidoptera Noctuidae
banded gall fly Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) Diptera Tephritidae
Canada thistle stem gall fly Urophora cardui (Linnaeus) Diptera Tephritidae
UV knapweed seedhead fly Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen) Diptera Tephritidae
yellow star thistle gall fly Urophora sirunaseva (Hering) Diptera Tephritidae
plumeless thistle gall fly Urophora solstitialis (Linnaeus) Diptera Tephritidae
gall flies Urophora spp. Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Diptera Tephritidae
bull thistle gall fly Urophora stylata (Fabricius) Diptera Tephritidae
waterhyacinth stalk borer Xubida infusella (Walker) Lepidoptera Crambidae
St. John's wart midge Zeuxidiplosis giardi (Kieffer) Diptera Cecidomyiidae


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