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- Bangasternus orientalis is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle bud weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). The adult weevil is brown with a thin coat of light mottled hairs. It is about 6 millimeters long. The female lays up to 470 eggs near the flower heads of yellow starthistle and glues them with a dark-colored mucilage. When the larva emerges from its egg, it tunnels up into the flower head, where it consumes the flower parts and developing seeds. It then constructs a sort of cocoon from the remnants of the flower and seed parts and pupates there. 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 biocontrol agent in the United States in 1985. It is now established throughout the western United States, wherever yellow starthistle is found. It helps prevent the spread of the weed, but it is not as common or effective as other yellow starthistle biocontrol agents. The efficacy of Bangasternus orientalis Capiomont against its host Centaurea solstitialis L. was determined at two different sites (low and high elevation) in California over a 2-yr period.Host plant and weevil phenology were delayed at the high elevation site. Consequently, the initiation of secondary flower buds (high elevation site) was extended well into November, long after the ovipositing adult weevil population had expired. More than 50% of the egg-bearing test heads did not become infested with mature pupae because of larval mortality. After seed reduction by the weevil, 70% of the seeds remained in the test heads. Our data suggest that B. orientalis appears to be ineffective by itself as a biological control agent of yellow starthistle in California. (en)
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- Bangasternus orientalis is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle bud weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis). This weevil is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It was first released as a biocontrol agent in the United States in 1985. It is now established throughout the western United States, wherever yellow starthistle is found. It helps prevent the spread of the weed, but it is not as common or effective as other yellow starthistle biocontrol agents. (en)
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