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Resource Number: 40494
Title: Spurge Biocontrol Agents: History and Ecology in North America
Publisher: North American Invasive Species Management Association
Resource Type: Fact sheet
Last Updated: February 27, 2026
Contributors:
Carol Bell Randall
Joseph Milan
Robert Bourchier
Natalie West
Domain(s)/Area(S):
Locations:
Canada
Mexico
United States
Subject
Hungarian clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia hungarica)
cypress spurge  (Euphorbia cyparissias)
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)
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)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia crassicornis)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya euphorbiae)
leafy spurge gall midge  (Spurgia capitigena)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia empiformis)
Tortricid moth  (Lobesia euphorbiana)
leafy spurge  (Euphorbia virgata)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia spp.)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya curticornis)
Drab Looper  (Minoa murinata)
leafy spurge stem borer  (Oberea erythrocephala)
 (Spurgia spp.)
 (Chamaesphecia astatiformis)
gall midge  (Spurgia euphorbiae)
spurge  (Euphorbia tommasiniana)
 (Lobesiodes euphorbiana)

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