Biological Control for Weeds - Agents

Biological Control of Weeds in Texas

Biological Control Agents

Alphabetical by common name

Alligatorweed Flea Beetle			Musk Thistle Leaf Beetle
Alligatorweed Stem Borer			Musk Thistle Rosette Weevil
Alligatorweed Thrips			Puncturevine Seed Weevil
Chevroned Waterhyacinth Weevil			Puncturevine Stem Weevil
Field Bindweed Mite			Saltcedar Leaf Beetle
Field Bindweed Moth			Salvinia Grasshopper
Grass Carp			Salvinia Stem Borer
Hydrilla Leafmining Fly			Salvinia Weevil
Hydrilla Tuber Weevil			Thistle Head Weevil
Manna Scale			Water Lettuce Leaf Moth
Mottled Waterhyacinth Weevil			Water Lettuce Leaf Weevil
Musk Thistle Flower Fly			Waterhyacinth Moth

Alphabetical by scientific name

Aceria malherbe Nuzzaci		Neochetina eichhorniae Warner
Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt		Neohydronomous affinis Hustache
Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill		Paulinia acuminata DeGeer
Bagous affinis Hustache		Psylliodes chalcomera (Illiger)
Cheilosia corydon (Harris)		Rhinocyllus conicus Froelich
Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes		Samea multiplicalis (Guenée)
Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder & Sands		Sameodes albiguttatus Warren
Diorhabda elongata Brulle		Spodoptera pectinicornis (Hampson)
Hydrellia balciunasi Bock		Thricosirocalus horridus (Panzer)
Hydrellia pakistanae Deonier		Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich and Ehrenberg)
Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquilin du Val)		Tyta luctuosa (Denis and Schifferm Ü ller)
Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston)		Vogtia maloi Pastrana
Neochetina bruchi Hustache

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