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Resource Number: 14509
Title: Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States
Resource Type: Published Book
Last Updated: January 16, 2026
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Hungarian clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia hungarica)
kudzu  (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
cogongrass  (Imperata cylindrica)
tropical soda apple  (Solanum viarum)
alligatorweed  (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
alligatorweed flea beetle  (Agasicles hygrophila)
alligatorweed thrips  (Amynothrips andersoni)
melaleuca  (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
melaleuca leaf weevil  (Oxyops vitiosa)
giant salvinia  (Salvinia molesta)
salvinia weevil  (Cyrtobagous salviniae)
Canada thistle stem-gall fly  (Urophora cardui)
Canada thistle  (Cirsium arvense)
garlic mustard  (Alliaria petiolata)
spotted knapweed  (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)
hydrilla  (Hydrilla verticillata)
old world climbing fern  (Lygodium microphyllum)
purple loosestrife  (Lythrum salicaria)
Eurasian watermilfoil  (Myriophyllum spicatum)
skunk-vine  (Paederia foetida)
common reed  (Phragmites australis)
water lettuce  (Pistia stratiotes)
mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb  (Persicaria perfoliata)
multiflora rose  (Rosa multiflora)
black dot spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona nigriscutis)
copper leafy spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona flava)
brown-legged spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona lacertosa)
leafy spurge gall midge  (Spurgia esulae)
knapweed gall fly  (Urophora affinis)
knapweed seed head fly  (Urophora quadrifasciata)
knapweed seedhead moth  (Metzneria paucipunctella)
sulfur knapweed moth  (Agapeta zoegana)
knapweed root weevil  (Cyphocleonus achates)
lesser knapweed flower weevil  (Larinus minutus)
knapweed peacock fly  (Chaetorellia acrolophi)
green knapweed clearwing fly  (Terellia virens)
bull thistle  (Cirsium vulgare)
bull thistle gall fly  (Urophora stylata)
musk thistle head weevil  (Rhinocyllus conicus)
puccinia rust  (Puccinia carduorum)
black dog-strangling vine, black swallowwort  (Vincetoxicum nigrum)
spiny plumeless thistle, plumeless thistle  (Carduus acanthoides)
thistle crown weevil  (Trichosirocalus horridus)
nodding thistle gall fly  (Urophora solstitialis)
spurge hawkmoth  (Hyles euphorbiae)
minute spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona abdominalis)
brown dot leafy spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona cyparissiae)
black leafy spurge flea beetle  (Aphthona czwalinai)
European water chestnut  (Trapa natans)
milfoil moth  (Acentria ephemerella)
milfoil weevil  (Euhrychiopsis lecontei)
leaf-feeding sawfly  (Heteroperreyia hubrichi)
meristem-sucking thrips  (Pseudophilothrips ichini)
waterlettuce weevil  (Neohydronomus affinis)
waterlettuce moth  (Spodoptera pectinicornis)
black-margined loosestrife beetle  (Galerucella calmariensis)
purple loosestrife root mining weevil  (Hylobius transversovittatus)
flower feeding weevil  (Nanophyes marmoratus)
Garlic mustard root-mining weevil  (Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis)
Garlic mustard seed feeding weevil  (Ceutorhynchus constrictus)
Rose rosette virus (RRV)  (Emaravirus RRD)
rose bud and flower mite  (Phyllocoptes fructiphilus)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia crassicornis)
dog-strangling vine, European swallowwort, pale swallow-wort  (Vincetoxicum rossicum)
water hyacinth weevils  (Neochetina spp.)
water hyacinth mirid bug  (Eccritotarsus catarinensis)
waterhyacinth mite  (Orthogalumna terebrantis)
pickerelweed borer  (Bellura densa)
false potato beetle  (Leptinotarsa texana)
tortoise beetle  (Metriona elatior)
tortoise beetle  (Gratiana boliviana)
flower-bud weevil  (Anthonomus tenebrosus)
Hydrilla tuber weevil  (Bagous affinis)
Hydrilla stem weevil  (Bagous hydrillae)
brown-winged root moth  (Pelochrista medullana)
brown-winged knapweed moth  (Pterolonche inspersa)
blunt knapweed flower weevil  (Larinus obtusus)
broad-nosed knapweed seed head weevil  (Bangasternus fausti)
golden loosestrife beetle  (Galerucella pusilla)
slenderflower thistle  (Carduus tenuiflorus)
musk thistle leaf beetle  (Psylliodes chalcomera)
flea beetles  (Aphthona spp.)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis)
Italian plumeless thistle  (Carduus pycnocephalus)
musk thistle flower fly  (Cheilosia corydon)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya euphorbiae)
leafy spurge gall midge  (Spurgia capitigena)
thistle tortoise beetle  (Cassida rubiginosa)
melaleuca psyllid  (Boreioglycaspsis melaleucae)
melaleuca sawfly  (Lophyrotoma zonalis)
Japanese knotweed  (Reynoutria japonica)
spotted knapweed  (Centaurea stoebe)
biological control (general)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia empiformis)
flea beetle  (Altica carduorum)
European common reed, Phragmites  (Phragmites australis ssp. australis)
Tortricid moth  (Lobesia euphorbiana)
Canada thistle stem mining weevil  (Hadroplontus litura)
weed management (general)
red-tailed thistle fly  (Terellia ruficauda)
leafy spurge  (Euphorbia virgata)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia spp.)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya curticornis)
Drab Looper  (Minoa murinata)
Eriophyid mite  (Floracarus perrepae)
lygodium defoliator moth  (Neomusotima conspurcatalis)
Brazilian peppertree  (Schinus terebinthifolia)
leafy spurge stem borer  (Oberea erythrocephala)
alligatorweed stemborer  (Macrorrhinia endonephele)
Australian hydrilla leaf mining fly  (Hydrellia balciunasi)
Asian hydrilla leaf mining fly  (Hydrellia pakistanae)
midge  (Cricotopus lebetis)
hydrilla leafcutter moth  (Parapoynx diminutalis)
Fergusonina gall flies  (Fergusonina turneri)
chevroned waterhyacinth weevil  (Neochetina bruchi)
mottled waterhyacinth weevil  (Neochetina eichhorniae)
waterhyacinth pathogen  (Cercospora piaropi)
twin-spotted wainscot  (Lenisa geminipuncta)
 (Cyrtobagous singularis)
large thistle weevil  (Cleonis pigra)
Canada thistle bud weevil  (Larinus carlinae)