| Invasive plant | Recognised biological control agent |
| alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) | • alligator weed flea beetle
(Agasicles hygrophila, Disonycha argentinensis)• alligator weed stem-borer
moth (Arcola malloi) |
| annual ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) | • parthenium sap-feeding
planthopper (Stobaera concinna)• parthenium stem-galling Tortricid moth
(Epiblema strenuana)• ragweed leaf-feeding beetle (Zygogramma suturalis)•
variegated ragweed beetle (Zygogramma bicolorata) |
| belly-ache bush (Jatropha gossypiifolio and hybrids) | bellyache bush jewel bug
(Agonosoma trilineatum) |
| bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundifolia) | • black boneseed
beetle (Chrysolina scotti)• bitou bush seed fly (Mesoclanis polana)• bitou
bush tip moth (Comostolopsis germana)• bitou leaf rolling moth (Tortrix
sp.)• lacy-winged seed fly (Mesoclanis magnipalpis) |
| | • painted boneseed beetle (Chrysolina sp. B)• tortoise beetle (Cassida sp.
3) |
| blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans, Rubus fruticosus agg.) | blackberry rust
(Phragmidium violaceum) |
| boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera) | • bitou bush seed fly
(Mesoclanis polana)• bitou bush tip moth (Comostolopsis germana)• bitou
leaf rolling moth (Tortrix sp.)• black boneseed beetle (Chrysolina
scotti)• boneseed beetle (Chrysolina fasciata)• boneseed leaf buckle mite
(Aceria sp.)• lacy-winged seed fly (Mesoclanis magnipalpis)• painted
boneseed beetle (Chrysolina sp. B) |
| bridal creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) | • bridal creeper leafhopper (Zygina
sp.)• bridal creeper leaf beetle (Crioceris sp.)• bridal creeper rust
fungus (Puccinia myrsiphylli) |
| cat’s claw creeper (Dolichandra unguis-cati) | • cat’s claw leaf-sucking
lace bug (Carvalhotingis visenda)• cat’s claw leaf-mining jewel beetle
(Hedwigiella jureceki syn. Hylaeogena jureceki)• cat’s claw leaf-tying
Pyralid moth (Hypocosmia pyrochroma) |
| devil’s rope pear (Cylindropuntia imbricata) | devil's rope pear cochineal
(Dactylopius tomentosus) |
| giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha) | • giant sensitive plant psyllid
(Heteropsylla spinulosa)• mimosa shoot-feeding coreid bug (Scamurius sp.)•
stem-spot fungus (Corynespora cassiicola) |
| gorse (Ulex europaeus) | • gorse seed weevil (Exapion ulicis syn. Apion
ulicis)• gorse soft shoot moth (Agonopterix umbellana)• gorse spider mite
(Tetranychus lintearius)• gorse thrips (Sericothrips staphylinus) |
| groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia) | • broom twig-miner moth (Lioplacis
elliptica)• foliage-feeding beetle (Anacassis fuscata = Stolas fuscata,
Anacassis phaeopoda)• groundsel bush gall-fly (Rhopalomyia californica)•
groundsel bush leaf skeletoniser (Aristotelia ivae)• groundsel bush rust
fungus (Puccinia evadens)• groundsel foliage-feeding beetle (Metallactus
nigrofasciatus)• groundsel foliage-feeding chrysomelid beetle (Metallactus
patagonicus)• groundsel leaf-feeding beetle (Trirhabda bacharidis) |
| | • groundsel leaf-mining moth (Bucculatrix ivella)• groundsel leafroller
(Lorita baccharivora)• groundsel plume moth (Hellinsia balanotes)•
groundsel root-boring weevil (Heilipodus intricatus)• groundsel stem-borer
beetle (Megacyllene mellyi) |
| harrisia cactus (Harrisia martini, Harrisia pomanensis, Harrisia tortuosa) | •
Cactoblastis sp. nr doddi• harrisia cactus long-horn beetle (Alcidion
cereicola syn. Nealcidion cereicola)• harrisia cactus weevil (Eriocereophaga
humeridens)• harrisia mealybug (Hypogeococcus festerianus) |
| lantana (lantana camara) | • Harley’s lantana bug (Teleonemia harleyi)•
hypena moth (Hypena laceratalis)• Jamaican moth, lantana leaf-skeletonising
caterpillar (Autoplusia illustrata)• lace wing bug (Teleonemia prolixa)•
lantana bud mite (Aceria lantanae)• lantana flower-feeding moth
(Lantanophaga pusillidactyla)• lantana flower and bud-feeding moth
(Crocidosema lantana syn. Epinotia lantana)• lantana gall-forming tephritid
fly (Eutreta xanthochaeta) |
| | • lantana herringbone leaf-mining fly (Ophiomyia camarae)• lantana
leaf-feeding beetle (Alagoasa parana, Charidotis pygmaea)• lantana
leaf-feeding moth (Salbia haemorrhoidalis, Neogalea sunia)• lantana
leaf-feeding tingid bug, lantana flower-feeding bug (Teleonemia elata)•
lantana leaf-mining beetle (Uroplata girardi, Uroplata fulvopustulata,
Octotoma scabripennis, Octotoma championi)• lantana leaf-mining fly
(Calycomyza lantanae)• lantana leaf-sucking lace bug (Teleonemia
scrupulosa)• lantana leaf-rolling moth (Ectaga garcia)• lantana leaf rust
(Prospodium tuberculatum)• lantana mealy bug (Phenacoccus parvus)• lantana
moth (Diastema tigris)• lantana sap-sucking lace bug (Leptobyrsa decora)•
lantana sap-sucker mirid beetle (Falconia intermedia)• lantana
scrub-hairstreak butterfly (Strymon bazochii syn. Thecla bazochii, Thecla
agra, Strymon bazochii gundlachianus)• lantana seed-feeding fly (Ophiomyia
lantanae) |
| | • lantana stem-borer Cerambycid beetle (Plagiohammus spinipennis)• lantana
stem-sucking treehopper (Aconophora compressa)• leaf-mining beetle (Uroplata
lantanae)• stem-boring cerambycid, long-horned wood-boring beetle
(Aerenicopsis championi) |
| creeping lantana (lantana montevidensis) | • hypena moth (Hypena
laceratalis)• lantana flower-feeding moth (Lantanophaga pusillidactyla)•
lantana leaf-feeding beetle (Charidotis pygmaea)• lantana leaf-mining fly
(Calycomyza lantanae)• lantana leaf-rolling moth (Ectaga garcia) |
| madeira vine (Anredera cordifolia) | leaf-feeding beetle (Plectonycha
correntina) |
| mesquites (Prosopis glandulosa, Prosopis pallida, Prosopis velutina) | •
leaf-tying gelechiid moths (Evippe sp.)• mesquite sap-sucking psyllid
(Prosopidopsylla flava)• mesquite seed-feeding bruchid beetle (Algarobius
bottimeri, Algarobius prosopis) |
| mimosa pigra (Mimosa pigra) | • leaf beetles (Chlamisus mimosae)• green-seed
weevil (Sibinia fastigiata)• mexican seed-feeding bruchid (Acanthoscelides
quadridentatus)• mimosa dry-season rust (Diabole cubensis) |
| | • mimosa flower-feeding weevil (Coelocephalapion pigrae)• mimosa flower
bud weevil (Coelocephalapion aculeatum)• mimosa foliage-feeding Geometrid
moth (Leuciris fimbriaria)• mimosa green seed weevil (Chalcodermus
serripes)• mimosa leaf-feeding beetle (Malacorhinus irregularis)• mimosa
leaf-feeding looper moth (Macaria pallidata)• mimosa seed weevil
(Acanthoscelides puniceus)• mimosa shoot-feeding Coreid bug (Scamurius
sp.)• mimosa stem-boring moth (Carmenta mimosa)• mimosa stem-mining moth
(Neurostrota gunniella)• mimosa wet-season fungus (Phloeospora mimosa-pigre
= Sphaerulina mimosa-pigre)• Rhytiphora piperitia |
| prickly pear—tiger pear (Opuntia aurantiaca) | • cactoblastis moth
(Cactoblastis cactorum)• eastern cactus-boring moth (Melitara prodenialis
syn. Zophodia prodenialis, Melitara bollii)• monacantha cochineal
(Dactylopius ceylonicus)• prickly pear moth-borer (Tucumania tapiacola) |
| | • tiger pear cochineal (Dactylopius austrinus) |
| prickly pear—drooping tree pear (Opuntia monacantha) | • cactoblastis moth
(Cactoblastis cactorum)• monacantha cochineal (Dactylopius ceylonicus) |
| prickly pear—westwood pear (Opuntia streptacantha) | • tree pear beetle
(Lagocheirus funestus syn. Archlagocheirus funestus)• cactoblastis moth
(Cactoblastis cactorum)• prickly pear cochineal (Dactylopius opuntiae)•
spotted cactus longhorn beetle (Moneilema blapsides syn. Moneilema ulkei)•
prickly pear bug (Chelinidea tabulata) |
| prickly pear—common (Opuntia stricta) | • blue cactus borer (Melitara
dentata)• cactoblastis moth (Cactoblastis cactorum)• cactus borer
(Melitara sp.)• cactus borer beetle (Moneilema variolare)• cactus bug
(Chelinidea vittiger)• cactus moth (Loxomorpha flavidissimalis)• eastern
cactus-boring moth (Melitara prodenialis)• prickly pear bug (Chelinidea
tabulata)• prickly pear cochineal (Dactylopius confusus, Dactylopius
opuntiae) |
| | • prickly pear snout moth (Olycella junctolineella syn Melitara
junctolineella, Zophodia junctolineella)• prickly pear moth-borer (Tucumania
tapiacola)• prickly pear spider mite (Tetranychus opuntiae)• spotted
cactus longhorn beetle (Moneilema blapsides syn. Moneilema ulkei) |
| prickly pear—velvety tree pear (Opuntia tomentosa) | • cactoblastis moth
(Cactoblastis cactorum)• cochineal (Dactylopius coccus)• Dodd's
cactoblastis (Cactoblastis doddi)• prickly pear bug (Chelinidea tabulata)•
prickly pear cochineal (Dactylopius opuntiae)• spotted cactus longhorn
beetle (Moneilema blapsides)• tree pear beetle (Lagocheirus funestus syn.
Archlagocheirus funestus) |
| parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) | • parkinsonia defoliating caterpillar
(Eueupithecia cisplatensis)• parkinsonia geometrid moth (Eueupithecia sp.
3445QA)• parkinsonia leaf bug (Rhinacloa callicrates)• parkinsonia seed
beetle (Penthobruchus germaini)• seed-feeding bruchid beetle (Mimosetes
ulkei) |
| parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) | • leaf feeding moth (Bucculatrix
parthenica)• leaf rust (Puccina xanthii var. parthenii-hysterophorae,
Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola)• parthenium sap-feeding planthopper
(Stobaera concinna)• parthenium seed-feeding weevil (Smicronyx
lutulentus)• parthenium stem-boring moth (Platphalonidia mystica)•
parthenium stem-galling tortricid moth (Epiblema strenuana)• parthenium
stem-boring weevil (Listronotus setosipennis)• mexican clearwing stem-boring
moth (Carmenta sp. nr ithacae)• stem-galling weevil (Conotrachelus
albocinereus)• variegated ragweed beetle (Zygogramma bicolorata) |
| prickly acacia (Vachellia nilotica) | • kenyan geometrid moth, leaf-feeding
looper caterpillar (Chiasmia inconspicua)• prickly acacia geometrid moth
(Chiasmia assimilis)• prickly acacia leaf-feeding beetle (Homichloda
barkeri)• prickly acacia leaf-feeding caterpillar (Cometaster pyrula)•
prickly acacia seed-feeding beetle (Bruchidius sahlbergi)• prickly acacia
tip-boring moth (Cuphodes profluens) |
| rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) | • rubber vine moth (Euclasta
gigantalis ssp. whalleyi)• rubber vine pyralid moth (Euclasta whalleyi)•
rubber vine rust (Maravalia cryptostegiae) |
| salvinia (Salvinia molesta) | • salvinia stem-borer moth (Samea
multiplicalis)• south american salvinia weevil (Cyrtobagous salviniae) |
| siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) | chromolaena gall fly (Cecidochares connexa) |
| water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) | • chevroned water hyacinth weevil
(Neochetina bruchi)• mottled water hyacinth weevil (Neochetina
eichhorniae)• water hyacinth stem-borer moth (Niphograpta albiguttalis,
Xubida infusella) |
| water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) | water lettuce weevil (Neohydronomus affinis
syn. Neohydronomus pulchellus) |
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