Insects (weed bioagents)

weed bioagents • Beneficials/natural enemies

Cassida rubiginosa (click on image to enlarge it)
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Insects (weed bioagents)

This section includes various orders and groups of plant feeding insects which are harmful to weeds or have been used as biological control agents of weeds.

The following groups of insect bioagents for weeds are currently in the system:

• Auchenorrhyncha, leaf- and planthoppers
• Coleoptera, beetles
• Diptera, flies
• Heteroptera, bugs
• Hymenoptera, wasps
• Lepidoptera, moths
• Orthoptera, grasshoppers
• Sternorrhyncha, aphids, scales, etc.
• Thysanoptera, thrips