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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.

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)	Brentidae	Coleoptera
Scottish broom seed weevil	Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius)	Brentidae	Coleoptera
flower feeding weevil	Nanophyes marmoratus (Goeze)	Brentidae	Coleoptera
rose stem girdler	Agrilus aurichalceus aurichalceus Redtenbacher	Buprestidae	Coleoptera
St. John's wort beetle	Agrilus hyperici (Creutzer)	Buprestidae	Coleoptera
bronze knapweed root borer	Sphenoptera jugoslavica Obenberger	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	Phlaeothripidae	Thysanoptera
gorse thrips	Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday	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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