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''Chaetorellia succinea'' is a species of tephritid fruit fly that was accidentally released in 1991 into the United States had since become one of the major biological pest controls against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (''Centaurea solstitialis''). It was not released intentionally for fears that it could become a pest of safflower, ''Carthamus tinctorius'' L. It was probably introduced from a shipment of yellow starthistle heads from Greece.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 author = Joe K. Balciunas and Baldo Villegas )〕 ''C. succinea'' has also been found to feed on two other introduced ''Centaurea'' species (Maltese starthistle, ''Centaurea melitensis'' L.; Sicilian starthistle, ''Centaurea sulphurea'' Willd.) and the native American starthistle (''Centaurea americana'') Nutt.〔Balciunas, J. K. and B. Villegas. 2007. Laboratory and realized host ranges of ''Chaetorellia succinea'' (Diptera: Tephritidae), an unintentionally introduced natural enemy of yellow starthistle. Environ. Entomol. 36:849-857.〕 ''C. succinea'' probably displaces another biocontrol fly, ''Chaetorellia australis'', where the two co-occur.〔 〕 == References == * Coombs, E. M., et al., Eds. (2004). ''Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States''. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 425. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chaetorellia succinea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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