Table 4.

Insect biocontrol agents released to control parthenium weed in different countries.

Biological control agent	Feeding habits	Native country	Released country
Bucculatrix parthenica	(Leaf mining moth)	Mexico	Australia
Conotrachelus albocinereus	(Stem galling weevil)	Mexico	Australia
Epiblema strenuana	(Stem galling moth)	Mexico	Australia
Listronotus setosipennis	(Stem boring weevil)	Argentina and Brazil	Australia
Platphalonidia mystica	(Stem boring moth)	Argentina	Sri Lanka
Smicronyx lutulentus	(Seed feeding weevil)	Mexico	Pakistan, Australia
Stobaera concinna	(Parthenium sap feeder plant hopper)	Mexico	Australia
Zygogramma bicolorata	(Leaf feeding beetle)	Mexico	Australia, India