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Resource Number: 5885
Title: Biology and Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
Publisher: USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Assessment and Applied Sciences Team
Resource Type: Research Paper
Last Updated: July 19, 2025
Contributors:
Denise Olson
Carol Bell Randall
Mark Schwarzlander
Luke Skinner
Andrew Norton
Rich Hansen
Rodney Lym
Domain(s)/Area(S):
Locations:
United States
Subject
Hungarian clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia hungarica)
gall midges  (Dasineura spp.)
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)
flea beetles  (Aphthona spp.)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya euphorbiae)
leafy spurge gall midge  (Spurgia capitigena)
biological control (general)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia empiformis)
weed management (general)
leafy spurge  (Euphorbia virgata)
clearwing moth  (Chamaesphecia spp.)
stem-mining fly  (Pegomya curticornis)
leafy spurge stem borer  (Oberea erythrocephala)
 (Chamaesphecia astatiformis)
 (Lobesiodes euphorbiana)

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