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Table 2. — Selected weedy plants and associated insects, extent of their association, and country of 



origin— Continued 



Insect-plant 

 Plant and insect 1 relationship 2 Country 



Centaurea nigra L,: 



Chaetostomella onotrophes (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] do Germany. 



Urophora jaceana (Hering) [Tephritidae, DI] do France. 



Centaurea paniculata L.: 



Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi) [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Centaurea phrygia L.: 



Chaetostomella onotrophes (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] do Germany. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do Italy. 



Isocolus scabiosae (Giraud) [Cynipidae, HY] do Germany. 



Larinus australis Capiomont [Curculionidae, CO] Austria. 



Centaurea repens L.: 



Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi) [Tephritidae, DI] Swept from plant Iran. 



Attalus sp. [Melyridae, CO] do Do. 



Bruchidius quinqueguttatus (Olivier) complex [Bruchidae, CO] do Do. 



Circulifer opacipennis (Lethierry) [CicadeUidae, H-HO] do Do. 



Clytra atraphaxidis Pallas or near [Chrysomelidae, CO] do Do. 



Probably Coptocephala sp. [Chrysomelidae, CO] do Do. 



Deltocephalus sp. [Cicadellidae, H-HO] do Do. 



Eumerus strigatus Fallen [Syrphidae, DI] do Do. 



Handianus sp. [Cicadellidae, H-HO] do Do. 



Holcostethus sp. [Pentatomidae, H-HE] do Do. 



Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret [Cixiidae, H-HO] do Do. 



Oliarus barajus Dlabola [Cixiidae, H-HO] do Do. 



Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy) [Bruchidae, CO] do Do. 



Tettigometra griseola Fieber [Tettigometridae, H-HO] do Do. 



Tettigometra sp. [Tettigometridae, H-HO] do Do. 



Thaumatomyia sulcifrons (Becker) [Chloropidae, DI] do Do. 



Timia xanthaspis (Loew) [Otitidae, DI] do Do. 



Centaurea scabiosa L.: 



Chaetostomella onotrophes (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from head Germany. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Isocolus scabiosae (Giraud) [Cynipidae, HY] do Do. 



Larinus near leuzeae Fabre [Curculionidae, CO] do Do. 



Orellia colon (Meigen) [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Orellia sp. [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Urophora cuspidata (Meigen) [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Urophora prob. quadrifasciata (Meigen) [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Centaurea sphaerocephala L.: 



Orellia punctata (Schrank) [Tephritidae, DI] do Italy. 



Psilothrix sp. [Melyridae, CO] Resting on flower Do. 



Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller) [Cosmopterigidae, LE] Reared from head Do. 



Centaurea sp.: 



Acalles sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from plant Do. 



Caenacis sp. [Pteromalidae, HY] Reared from head Do. 



Chaetostomella onotrophes (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] do Do. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Larinus prob. australis Capiomont [Curculionidae, CO] do Do. 



Rhinocyllus conicus (Froelich) [Curculionidae, CO] Do. 



Terellia serratulae (L.) [Tephritidae, DI] Do. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



