USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine , USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
brown-winged knapweed moth (Pterolonche inspersa) adult(s)
USDA Agricultural Research Service , Bugwood.org
attack knapweeds
Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
Pterolonche inspersa larva (L) usually occurs below the gall by Sphenoptera jugoslavica (R)
Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
eggs may be laid on leaf surface or on leaf stalk, they are kidney bean-shaped and have a dimple in center.
Mark Schwarzlander, University of Idaho, Bugwood.org
brown-winged knapweed moth (Pterolonche inspersa) egg(s) on spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)
Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
USDA ARS European Biological Control Laboratory , USDA ARS - European Biological Control Laboratory, Bugwood.org