MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 1382, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Laboratory, USDA; the Department of En- 

 tomology, Smithsonian Institution; and col- 

 laborators of both organizations are contributors 

 to this work and had the task of identifying the 

 material and reviewing and correcting the scien- 

 tific names. 



The following scientists conducted the surveys 

 that serve as a basis of this publication: Lloyd A. 

 Andres and Paul H. Dunn, USDA Biological Con- 

 trol of Weeds Laboratory, Albany, Calif.; Ken- 

 neth E. Frick, USDA Delta States Agricultural 

 Center, Stoneville, Miss.; B. David Perkins, 



USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Ser- 

 vice, Yaounde, Cameroon; and Antonio Rizza, 

 USDA Biological Control of Weeds Labora- 

 tory-Europe, Rome, Italy. 



This publication is intended to be a source book 

 for biological control of weeds workers who have 

 the task of trying to control the numerous Euro- 

 pean weeds that infest the United States. It 

 should also be of interest to insect ecologists, 

 plant ecologists, and insect taxonomist because 

 of the large number of insect-plant associations it 

 contains. 



Table 1. — Taxonomic list of insects and associated weedy plants 



Insect 1 Associated plant 



COLEOPTERA 



Alleculidae 



Cteniopus sp.[20] 2 Tamarix sp. 



Omophulus sp. [20] Linaria sp. 



Podonta aubei Mulsant [20] Do. 



Anobiidae 

 Lasioderma baudii (Schilsky) Cirsium sp. 



Cynara scolymus L. 



Senecio jacobaea L 



Lasioderma probably obscurum Solsky [27] Centaurea amara L. 



Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) [20, 27] Centaurea diffusa Lamarck 



Centaurea jacea L. 



Centaurea napifolia L. 



Centaurea nicaeensis Allioni 

 Anthicidae 



Anthicus sp. [20] Linaria sp. 



Bruchidae 



Bruchidius near bimaculatus (Olivier) [13] Tamarix sp. 



Bruchidius near imbricornis (Panzer) [13] Do. 



Bruchidius nudus (Allard) [13] Do. 



Bruchidius quinqueguttatus (Olivier) complex Centaurea repens L. 



Bruchidius seminarius (L.) [13] Cytisus scoparius (L.)Link 



Bruchidius probably unicolor (Olivier) Linaria vulgaris Miller 



Bruchidius sp. [13] Cirsium arvense (L.) Scopoli 



Bruchus brachialis Fabricius [13] Linaria grandiflora Desfontaines 



Quercus pubescens Willdenow 



Bruchus dentipes Baudi [13] Linaria genistifolia (L.) Miller 



Spermophagus sericeus (Geoffroy) [13] Centaurea repens L. 



Scrophularia canina L. 

 Buprestidae 



Agrilus biguttatus (Fabricius) [13, 25] Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link 



Cantharidae 



Cantharis sp. [20] Tamarix sp. 



Podabrus sp. [9] Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller 



Cerambycidae 



Agapanthia cardui (L.) [20, 25] Galactites tomentosa Moench 



Agapanthia dahli (Richter) [20, 25] Cirsium sp. 



Galactites tomentosa Moench 

 See footnotes at end of table. 



