Review Article
Effects and Management of Parthenium hysterophorus: A Weed of Global Significance
Table 4
Insect biocontrol agents released to control parthenium weed in different countries.
| | Biological control agent | Feeding habits | Native country | Released country |
| | Bucculatrix parthenica | (Leaf mining moth) | Mexico | Australia | | Conotrachelus albocinereus | (Stem galling weevil) | Mexico | Australia | | Epiblema strenuana | (Stem galling moth) | Mexico | Australia | | Listronotus setosipennis | (Stem boring weevil) | Argentina and Brazil | Australia | | Platphalonidia mystica | (Stem boring moth) | Argentina | Sri Lanka | | Smicronyx lutulentus | (Seed feeding weevil) | Mexico | Pakistan, Australia | | Stobaera concinna | (Parthenium sap feeder plant hopper) | Mexico | Australia | | Zygogramma bicolorata | (Leaf feeding beetle) | Mexico | Australia, India |
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