PLANT FAMILY PLANT SPECIES PLANT COMMON NAME ASSOCIATED PEST REFERENCE LINK
Amaranthaceae Chenopodium sp. goosefoot Epiblema strenuana Miller & Pogue 1984

Miller & 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 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 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 1959


MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 10: 1-338.
; Kimball 1965

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 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 2006


Powell, J. A. 2006. Database of Lepidoptera rearing lots, 1960-2005. University of California Berkeley, CA.
; Powell & Opler 2006

Powell & 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 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 & Pogue 1984

Miller & 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 & Ding 1993

Wan & 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 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 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 & Ding 1993

Wan & 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 2006


Powell, J. A. 2006. Database of Lepidoptera rearing lots, 1960-2005. University of California Berkeley, CA.
; Gilligan et al. 2020a

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 & Ding 1993

Wan & 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 1959


MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 10: 1-338.
; McFadyen 1976, 1985, 1992

McFadyen 1976, 1985, 1992



McFadyen, R.C., 1992. Biological control against parthenium weed in Australia. Crop Protection. 11(5): 400–407.


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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dhileepan, K., Madigan, B., Vitelli, M., McFadyen, R., Webster, K., Treviño, M. 1996. A new initiative in the biological control of parthenium. In: Shepherd, R.C.H. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Australian Weed Conference, Weed Society of Victoria, Australia. 30 September to 3 October 1996, pp. 309–312.
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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.
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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 & Pogue 1984

Miller & 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 1987a


Miller, W. E. 1987a. Guide to the Olethreutine moths of midland North America (Tortricidae). USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook 660: 1-104.
; Powell & Opler 2009

Powell & 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 1959


MacKay, M. R. 1959. Larvae of the North American Olethreutidae (Lepidoptera). Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 10: 1-338.
; Gilligan et al. 2020a

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
PLANT FAMILY PLANT SPECIES PLANT COMMON NAME ASSOCIATED PEST REFERENCE LINK