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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 maculosa Lamarck: 



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



Apion onopordi Kirby [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from root Austria. 



Bracon sp. [Braconidae, HY] France. 



Corticaria sp. [Lathridiidae, CO] Reared from plant Germany. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] Reared from head France. 



Meligetkes incanus Sturm [Nitidulidae, CO] Reared from plant Italy. 



Ormyrus punctiger Westwood [Ormyridae, HY] France. 



Otiorhynchus ovatus (L.) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from plant Germany. 



Terellia virens (Loew) [Tephritidae, DI] France. 



Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from head Austria. 



Urophora affinis (Frauenfeld) [Tephritidae, DI] do France. 



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



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



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



Centaurea napifolia L.: 



Acalles dromedarius Boheman [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from root Italy. 



A calles sp. [Curculionidae, CO] do Do. 



Acanthiophilus helianthi (Rossi) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from head Do. 



Attalus sp. [Melyridae, CO] Reared from plant Do. 



Cnephasia sp. [Tortricidae, LE] Reared from stem Do. 



Eudecatoma biguttata Swederus or E. submutica (Thomson) 



[Eurytomidae, HY] Reared from head Do. 



Eudecatoma submutica (Thomson) [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from plant Do. 



Isocolus scabiosae (Giraud) [Cynipidae, HY] Reared from head Do. 



Larinus longirostris Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] ! — do Do. 



Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) [Anobiidae, CO] do Do. 



Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius) [Coccinellidae, CO] Feeding on leaf Do. 



Centaurea napifolia L.?: 



Porphyrinia parva (Hubner) [Noctuidae, LE] Reared from plant Do. 



Centaurea nicaeensis Allioni: 



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



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



Apion sp. [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Do. 



Coleophora sp. [Coleophoridae, LE] Reared from head Do. 



Eudecatoma biguttata Swederus or E. submutica (Thomson) 



[Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eudecatoma submutica (Thomson) [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eurytoma robusta Mayr [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



Eurytoma tibialis Boheman [Eurytomidae, HY] do Do. 



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



Larinus flavescens Germar [Curculionidae, CO] Reared Do. 



Larinus longirostris Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] Resting on plant Do. 



Larinus longirostris Gyllenhal [Curculionidae, CO] Reared from head Do. 



Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) [Anobiidae, CO] do Do. 



Leucopis sp. [Chamaemyiidae, DI] Reared from plant Do. 



Lonchoptera furcata (Fallen) [Lonchopteridae, DI] do Do. 



Mordellistena sp. [Mordellidae, CO] do Do. 



Orellia near punctata (Schrank) [Tephritidae, DI] Reared from head Do. 



Ormyrus punctiger Westwood [Ormyridae, HY] do Do. 



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



See footnotes at end of table. 



