A Ragweed Borer Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/4/2019).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/27/2020). Verified by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/30/2018).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/7/2016). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (8/17/2019).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2017).

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Ragweed Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/18/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 496613 - Psn: 42)

Ragweed Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/18/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/24/2020).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/2/2020).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/5/2014).

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Ragweed Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 186013 - Psn: 55)

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/5/2014).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/27/2006).

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Ragweed Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/6/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 274396 - Psn: 65)

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Ragweed Borer Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/17/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 266097 - Psn: 68)

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/9/2010).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/9/2010).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2019).

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Ragweed Borer Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/5/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 181940 - Psn: 76)

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/6/2004). Determined by John Glaser.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2005). Determined by John Glaser.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2005). Determined by John Glaser.

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/6/2005). Determined by John Glaser.

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Larval host plants possibly include Annual Ragweed, Santa Maria Feverfew, cocklebur, and goosefoot (Gilligan et al., 2020).

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A Ragweed Borer Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/4/2019). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/27/2020). Verified by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Barbara Thurlow.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/11/2017). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/30/2018). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/7/2016). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (8/17/2019). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2017). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Ragweed Borer Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/18/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/24/2020). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/2/2020). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/5/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/27/2006). View Record Details Media by Arlene Ripley.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/9/2010). View Record Details Media by Bob Patterson.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/7/2019). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/6/2004). Determined by John Glaser. View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (6/21/2005). Determined by John Glaser. View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

A Ragweed Borer Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/6/2005). Determined by John Glaser. View Record Details Media by Larry Line.

Source: Wikipedia

Epiblema strenuana

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Epiblema
Species:	E. strenuana
Binomial name
*Epiblema strenuana* (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
Steganoptycha flavocellana Clemens, 1865 Epiblema exvagana (Walker, 1863) Epiblema flavocellana (Clemens, 1865) Epiblema subversana (Zeller, 1875) Epiblema minutana (Kearfott, 1905) Epiblema antaxia (Meyrick, 1920)

Epiblema strenuana, the stem-galling moth or ragweed borer, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to North America, but was introduced to Australia from Mexico to control the weeds of the family Asteraceae (Xanthium occidentale, Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Parthenium hysterophorus) in 1982. It is occasionally misspelled as Epiblema strenuanum.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae mainly feed on Asteraceae species, including Ambrosia and Xanthium. It has also been recorded on Chenopodium species.

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Australian Lepidoptera Archived 2010-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
Parthenium Biological Control Agents

Taxon identifiers
Epiblema strenuana	Wikidata: Q5382424 AFD: Epiblema_strenuana BAMONA: Epiblema-strenuana BioLib: 1103944 BOLD: 10653 BugGuide: 242550 CoL: 93ZB9 EPPO: EPIBST GBIF: 10073044 iNaturalist: 219298 LepIndex: 95391 MONA: 3172 NatureServe: 2.745357 NCBI: 1417244 Open Tree of Life: 5341234

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Ragweed Borer Moth

Epiblema strenuana (Walker, 1863)

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