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Yellow Toadflax and Dalmatian Toadflax Insects

Common Name: Toadflax flower-feeding beetle
Species: Brachypterolus pulicarius
Status: Widely established
Year Released: 1919 in New York
Adults feed on the shoots and larvae feed on the seeds.

Common Name: Toadflax moth
Species: Calophasia lunula
Status: Widely established with limited effectiveness
Year Released: 1948
Larvae feed on shoots, stems, flowers, and older foliage.

Common Name: Stem-boring weevil
Species: Mecinus janthinus
Status: Low establishment with limited distribution
Year Released: 1996
Larvae feed on the stem.