| PLANTFAMILY | PLANTSPECIES | PLANTCOMMONNAME | ASSOCIATEDPEST | REFERENCE | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranthaceae | Chenopodium sp. | goosefoot | Epiblema strenuana |
Miller and Pogue 1984 Miller, W. E., Pogue, M. G. 1984. Ragweed borer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini): taxonomic implications of an allometric analysis of adult characters. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 77: 227–231. ; Miller 1987a Miller, W. E. 1987a. Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae). USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 660: 1–104. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | common ragweed | Epiblema strenuana |
Heinrich 1923b Heinrich, C. 1923b. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 123: 1–298. ; MacKay 1959 MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement. 10: 1–338. ; Kimball 1965 Kimball, C. P. 1965. The Lepidoptera of Florida: an annotated checklist. In: Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 1. Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville. 363 pp. ; Stegmaier 1971 Stegmaier, C. E. 1971. Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera associated with Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Compositae) in Florida. The Florida Entomologist. 54(3): 259. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia chamissonis | silver burr ragweed | Epiblema strenuana |
Powell 2006 Powell, J. A. 2006. Database of Lepidoptera rearing lots, 1960–2005. University of California Berkeley, CA. ; Powell and Opler 2006 Powell, J. A., Opler, P. A. 2006. Larval host plant records of Asteraceae root-feeding Eucosmini in California and adjacent states (Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 60: 189–193. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia psilostachya | western ragweed | Epiblema strenuana |
Powell 2006 Powell, J. A. 2006. Database of Lepidoptera rearing lots, 1960–2005. University of California Berkeley, CA. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia sp. | ragweed | Epiblema strenuana |
Miller and Pogue 1984 Miller, W. E., Pogue, M. G. 1984. Ragweed borer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini): taxonomic implications of an allometric analysis of adult characters. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 77: 227–231. ; Wan and Ding 1993 Wan, F.-H., Ding, J.-Q. 1993. Host specificity of Epiblema strenuana [Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]: a potential bio-control agent for Ambroisa artemisiifolia and A. trifida [Compositae]. Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 9(2): 69–75. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Ambrosia trifida | giant ragweed | Epiblema strenuana |
Heinrich 1923b Heinrich, C. 1923b. Revision of the North American moths of the subfamily Eucosminae of the family Olethreutidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 123: 1–298. ; Kimball 1965 Kimball, C. P. 1965. The Lepidoptera of Florida: an annotated checklist. In: Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 1. Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville. 363 pp. ; Wan and Ding 1993 Wan, F.-H., Ding, J.-Q. 1993. Host specificity of Epiblema strenuana [Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]: a potential bio-control agent for Ambroisa artemisiifolia and A. trifida [Compositae]. Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 9(2): 69–75. ; Powell 2006 Powell, J. A. 2006. Database of Lepidoptera rearing lots, 1960–2005. University of California Berkeley, CA. ; Gilligan et al. 2020a Gilligan, T. M., Wright, D. J., Brown, R. L., Augustinus, B. A., Schaffner, U. 2020a. Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa. 4729(3): 347–358. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Helianthus sp. | sunflower | Epiblema strenuana |
Wan and Ding 1993 Wan, F.-H., Ding, J.-Q. 1993. Host specificity of Epiblema strenuana [Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]: a potential bio-control agent for Ambroisa artemisiifolia and A. trifida [Compositae]. Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 9(2): 69–75. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Parthenium hysterophorus | Santa Maria feverfew | Epiblema strenuana |
MacKay 1959 MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement. 10: 1–338. ; McFadyen 1992 McFadyen, R. C. 1992. Biological control against parthenium weed in Australia. Crop Protection. 11(5): 400–407. ; Jayanth 1987 Jayanth, K. P. 1987. Investigations on the host-specificity of Epiblema strenuana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), introduced for biological control trials against Parthenium hysterophorus in India. Journal of Biological Control. 1.2: 133–137. ; McClay 1987 McClay, A. S. 1987. Observations on the biology and host specificity of Epiblema strenuana [Lepidoptera, Tortricidae], a potential biocontrol agent for Parthenium hysterophorus [Compositae]. Entomophaga. 32: 23–34. ; McClay et al. 1995 McClay, A. S., Palmer, W. A., Bennett, F. D., Pullen, K. R. 1995. Phytophagous arthropods associated with Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in North America. Annual Review of Entomology. 24: 796–809. ; Dhileepan et al. 1996 Dhileepan, K., Madigan, B., Vitelli, M., McFadyen, R., Webster, K., Treviño, M. 1996. A new initiative in the biological control of parthenium. pp. 309–312. In: Shepherd, R. C. H. (ed.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Australian Weed Conference, Weed Society of Victoria, Australia. 30 September to 3 October 1996. ; Dhileepan and McFadyen 1997 Dhileepan, K., McFadyen, R. 1997. Biological control of Parthenium in Australia: progress and prospects. In: Mahadevappa, M., Patil, V. C. (eds.), The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Parthenium Management. University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India. ; Navie et al. 1998 Navie, S. C., Priest, T. E., McFadyen, R. E., Adkins, S. W. 1998. Efficacy of the stem-galling moth Epiblema strenuana Walk. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) as a biological control agent for ragweed parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.). Biological Control. 13: 1–8. ; Raman and Dhileepan 1999 Raman, A., Dhileepan, K. 1999. Qualitative evaluation of damage by Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to the weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92: 717–723. ; Dhileepan 2001 Dhileepan, K. 2001. Effectiveness of introduced biocontrol insects on the weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 91: 167–176. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Xanthium sp. | cocklebur | Epiblema strenuana |
Miller and Pogue 1984 Miller, W. E., Pogue, M. G. 1984. Ragweed borer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini): taxonomic implications of an allometric analysis of adult characters. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 77: 227–231. ; Miller 1987a Miller, W. E. 1987a. Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae). USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 660: 1–104. ; Powell and Opler 2009 Powell, J. A., Opler, P. A. 2009. Moths of western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley. 369 pp. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| Asteraceae | Xanthium strumarium | rough cocklebur | Epiblema strenuana |
MacKay 1959 MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement. 10: 1–338. ; Gilligan et al. 2020a Gilligan, T. M., Wright, D. J., Brown, R. L., Augustinus, B. A., Schaffner, U. 2020a. Taxonomic issues related to biological control prospects for the ragweed borer, Epiblema strenuana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa. 4729(3): 347–358. |
Epiblema strenuana |
| PLANTFAMILY | PLANTSPECIES | PLANTCOMMONNAME | ASSOCIATEDPEST | REFERENCE | LINK |