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  2. Centaurea solstitialis - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea solstitialis, the yellow star-thistle, is a species of thorny plant in the genus Centaurea, which is part of the family Asteraceae. A winter annual , it is native to the Mediterranean Basin region and invasive in many other places.

  3. Larinus curtus - Wikipedia

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    Larinus curtus is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle flower weevil. It is native to Southern Italy, Southern Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus . [ 1 ] It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle ( Centaurea solstitialis ) in the United States.

  4. Bangasternus orientalis - Wikipedia

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    Most of the damage to the plant is done by the larva, which destroys 50-60% of the seeds in a given flower head. It is host-specific, attacking only yellow starthistle and sometimes purple starthistle (C. calcitrapa); it does not attack any native plants. This weevil is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It was first released as a ...

  5. Centaurea - Wikipedia

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    Centaurea (/ ˌ s ɛ n t ɔː ˈ r iː ə /) [1] is a genus of over 700 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich.

  6. Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis - Wikipedia

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    Puccinia jaceae var. solstitialis is a species of fungus in the Pucciniaceae family. It is a plant pathogen that causes rust.Native to Eurasia, it is the first fungal pathogen approved in the United States as a biological control agent to curb the growth of the invasive weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis).

  7. Chaetorellia australis - Wikipedia

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    Chaetorellia australis is a species of tephritid fruit fly known as the yellow starthistle peacock fly. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). [2] The adult fly is light golden yellow in color with small black spots on its body and stripes on its wings.

  8. Eustenopus villosus - Wikipedia

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    Eustenopus villosus is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle hairy weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). The adult weevil is hairy and brown with white stripes. It is 4 to 6 millimeters long, not including its long snout.

  9. Chaetorellia succinea - Wikipedia

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    Chaetorellia succinea is a species of tephritid fruit fly that was accidentally released in 1991 into the United States and had since become one of the major biological pest controls against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis).

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