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Biological Control Agents with Images

The following species have been listed as possible biological control agents of invasive species list in North America. For images of each species, click on the species.

130 Records


Subject Name Scientific Name Family Order
flea beetle Phyllotreta ochripes (Curtis) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
loosestrife leaf beetle Galerucella calmariensis Linnaeus Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
leaf-feeding chrysomelid beetle Galerucida nigromaculata Baly Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
minute spurge flea beetle Aphthona abdominalis Duftschmidt Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona cyparissiae (Koch) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
black leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona czwalinae Weise Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
black dot spurge flea beetle Aphthona nigriscutis Foudras Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
copper leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona flava Guillebeau Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
brown-legged spurge flea beetle Aphthona lacertosa (Rosenhauer) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
alligatorweed flea beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt, 1971 Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
ragwort flea beetle Longitarsus jacobaea (Waterhouse) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
klamath weed beetle Chrysolina hyperici (Forster) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
klamathweed beetle Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
flea beetle Aphthona seriata Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
root feeding flea beetle Aphthona chinchihi Chen Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
golden loosestrife beetle Galerucella pusilla (Duftschmid) Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
tortoise beetle Metriona elatior Klug Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
tortoise beetle Gratiana boliviana Spaeth Chrysomelidae Coleoptera
lady beetle Scymnus suturalis Thunberg Coccinellidae Coleoptera
lady beetle Sasajiscymnus tsugae (Sasaji & McClure) Coccinellidae Coleoptera
gorse seed weevil Exapion ulicis (Forster, 1771) Brentidae Coleoptera
Scottish broom seed weevil Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius, 1775) Brentidae Coleoptera
flower feeding weevil Nanophyes marmoratus (Goeze, 1777) Brentidae Coleoptera
rose stem girdler Agrilus aurichalceus aurichalceus Redtenbacher, 1849 Buprestidae Coleoptera
St. John's wort beetle Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer, 1799) Buprestidae Coleoptera
bronze knapweed root borer Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger, 1926 Buprestidae Coleoptera
leafy spurge stem boring beetle Oberea erythrocephala (Schrank) Cerambycidae Coleoptera
scarab beetles Chalepides spp. Casey, 1915 Scarabaeidae Coleoptera
water hyacinth weevils Neochetina spp. Hustache Curculionidae Coleoptera
weevil Homorosoma chinensis Wagner Curculionidae Coleoptera
root-boring weevil Hylobius transversovittatus (Goeze) Curculionidae Coleoptera
water lettuce weevil Neohydronomus affinis Hustache Curculionidae Coleoptera
univoltine weevil Ceutorhynchus roberti Gyllenhal Curculionidae Coleoptera
univoltine root mining weevil Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis Nerensheimer & Wagner Curculionidae Coleoptera
univoltine weevil Ceutorhynchus constrictus (Marsham) Curculionidae Coleoptera
Canada thistle stem mining weevil Ceutorhynchus litura (Fabricius) Curculionidae Coleoptera
Canada thistle bud weevil Larinus planus (Fabricius) Curculionidae Coleoptera
melaleuca leaf weevil Oxyops vitiosa Pascoe Curculionidae Coleoptera
salvinia weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder & Sands Curculionidae Coleoptera
musk thistle head weevil Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich) Curculionidae Coleoptera
musk thistle rosette weevil Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) Curculionidae Coleoptera
knapweed root weevil Cyphocleonus achates (Fahraeus) Curculionidae Coleoptera
lesser knapweed flower weevil Larinus minutus Gyllenhal Curculionidae Coleoptera
milfoil weevil Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Dietz) Curculionidae Coleoptera
stem-boring weevil Mecinus janthinus (Germar) Curculionidae Coleoptera
root galling weevil Gymnetron linariae (Panzer) Curculionidae Coleoptera
Hydrilla tuber weevil Bagous affinis Hustache Curculionidae Coleoptera
Hydrilla stem weevil Bagous hydrillae O'Brien Curculionidae Coleoptera
flower-bud weevil Anthonomus tenebrosus (Boheman) Curculionidae Coleoptera
yellow star-thistle hairy weevil Eustenopus villosus (Boheman) Curculionidae Coleoptera
yellow starthistle flower weevil Larinus curtus Hochhut Curculionidae Coleoptera
Mediterranean sage root crown weevil Phrydiuchus tau Warner Curculionidae Coleoptera
puncturevine stem weevil Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) Curculionidae Coleoptera
puncturevine seed weevil Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val) Curculionidae Coleoptera
yellow starthistle bud weevil Bangasternus orientalis (Capiomont) Curculionidae Coleoptera
grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) Cyprinidae Cypriniformes
musk thistle flower fly Cheilosia corydon (Harris) Syrphidae Diptera
gall flies Urophora spp. Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Tephritidae Diptera
yellow star thistle gall fly Urophora sirunaseva (Hering) Tephritidae Diptera
peacock fly Chaetorellia australis Hering Tephritidae Diptera
plumeless thistle gall fly Urophora solstitialis (Linnaeus) Tephritidae Diptera
knapweed peacock fly Chaetorellia acrolophi White & Marquardt Tephritidae Diptera
green knapweed clearwing fly Terellia virens (Loew) Tephritidae Diptera
bull thistle gall fly Urophora stylata (Fabricius) Tephritidae Diptera
banded gall fly Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) Tephritidae Diptera
UV knapweed seedhead fly Urophora quadrifasciata (Meigen) Tephritidae Diptera
Canada thistle stem gall fly Urophora cardui (Linnaeus) Tephritidae Diptera
petiole mining flies Thrypticus spp. Gerstaecker, 1864 Dolichopodidae Diptera
hydrilla leaf mining flies Hydrellia spp. Robineau-Desviody, 1830 Ephydridae Diptera
grass fly Platycephala planifrons (Fabricius) Chloropidae Diptera
grass fly Lipara similis Schiner Chloropidae Diptera
ragwort seed fly Botanophila seneciella (Meade) Anthomyiidae Diptera
stem-mining fly Pegomya euphorbiae (Kieffer) Anthomyiidae Diptera
skeletonweed gall midge Cystiphora schmidti (Rubsaamen) Cecidomyiidae Diptera
gall midge Dasineura capsulae (Kieffer) Cecidomyiidae Diptera
St. John's wart midge Zeuxidiplosis giardi (Kieffer) Cecidomyiidae Diptera
alang-alang gall midge Orseolia javonica Cecidomyiidae Diptera
univoltine gall midge Lasioptera hungarica Mohn Cecidomyiidae Diptera
leafy spurge gall midge Spurgia esulae Gagne Cecidomyiidae Diptera
plant hopper Megamelus spp. Fieber, 1866 Delphacidae Hemiptera
legless reed mealybug Chaetococcus phragmitis (Marchal) Pseudococcidae Hemiptera
water hyacinth mirid bug Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Carvalho) Miridae Hemiptera
lace bug Oncochila simplex (Herrich-Schäffer) Tingidae Hemiptera
multiflora rose seed chalcid Megastigmus aculeatus nigroflavus Hoffmeyer Torymidae Hymenoptera
leaf-feeding sawfly Heteroperreyia hubrichi Malaise Pergidae Hymenoptera
mimosa wilt Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. perniciosum (Hepting) Toole Nectriaceae Hypocreales
rhizome feeding noctuid moth Rhizedra lutosa (Hubner) Noctuidae Lepidoptera
waterlettuce moth Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson) Noctuidae Lepidoptera
pickerelweed borer Bellura densa (Walker) Noctuidae Lepidoptera
defoliator moth Oxicesta geographica (Fabricius) Noctuidae Lepidoptera
defoliator moth Simyra dentinosa Freyer Noctuidae Lepidoptera
gorse tip moth Agonopterix nervosa (Haworth) Oecophoridae Lepidoptera
gorse soft shoot moth Agonopterix ulicitella (Stainton) Oecophoridae Lepidoptera
defoliating hemlock moth Agonopterix alstroemeriana (Clerck) Oecophoridae Lepidoptera
knapweed seedhead moth Metzneria paucipunctella Zeller Gelechiidae Lepidoptera
bloof-vein moth Timandra griseata (Petersen) Geometridae Lepidoptera
St. John's Wort Inchworm Aplocera plagiata (Linnaeus) Geometridae Lepidoptera
clearwing moth Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis (Denis & Schiffermüller) Sesiidae Lepidoptera
Hungarian clearwing moth Chamaesphecia hungarica (Tomala) Sesiidae Lepidoptera
clearwing moth Chamaesphecia crassicornis Bartel Sesiidae Lepidoptera
spurge hawkmoth Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus) Sphingidae Lepidoptera
cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus) Arctiidae Lepidoptera
Paracles tenuis Paracles tenuis (Berg) Arctiidae Lepidoptera
root-boring moth Eteobalea intermediella (Riedl) Cosmopterigidae Lepidoptera
alligatorweed stem borer Arcola malloi (Pastrana) Pyralidae Lepidoptera
twig-mining moth Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hubner) Lyonetiidae Lepidoptera
sulfur knapweed root moth Agapeta zoegana (Linnaeus) Cochylidae Lepidoptera
salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth Samea multiplicalis (Guenee') Crambidae Lepidoptera
Australian pyralid moth Austromusotima camptozonale (Hampson) Crambidae Lepidoptera
milfoil moth Acentria ephemerella (Denis & Schiffermüller) Crambidae Lepidoptera
waterhyacinth stalk borer Xubida infusella (Walker) Crambidae Lepidoptera
waterhyacinth moth Sameodes albiguttalis (Warren) Crambidae Lepidoptera
waterlily leafcutter Synclita obliteralis (Walker) Crambidae Lepidoptera
field bindweed moth Tyta luctuosa (Denis & Schiffermüller) Erebidae Lepidoptera
salvinia grasshopper Paulinia acuminata (De Geer, 1773) Pauliniidae Orthoptera
waterhyacinth grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Bruner, 1906) Acrididae Orthoptera
meristem-sucking thrip Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera
alligatorweed thrips Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill, 1968 Phlaeothripidae Thysanoptera
gorse thrips Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday, 1836 Thripidae Thysanoptera
stem-gall nematode Subanguina picridis (Kirj.) Brezeski. Anguinidae Tylenchida
puccinia rusts Puccinia spp. Pers. Pucciniaceae Uredinales
puccinia rust Puccinia carduorum Jacky Pucciniaceae Uredinales
rush skeletonweed rust Puccinia chondrillina Bubák Pucciniaceae Uredinales
waterhyacinth mite Orthogalumna terebrantis Wallwork Galumnidae Acari
gall mites Eriophyes condrillae Canestrini Eriophyidae Acari
bindweed gall mite Aceria malherbae Nuzzaci Eriophyidae Acari
Eriophyid mite Floracarus spp. Eriophyidae Acari
Eriophyid mite Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer Eriophyidae Acari
gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius Dufour Tetranychidae Acari
rose rosette disease Uncharacterised agent RRD Unknown biotic damage agent Unknown


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