Centaurea is a genus of between 350 and 600 species of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are found only north of the equator, mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere; the Middle East and surrounding regions are particularly species-rich. In the western United States, yellow starthistles are an invasive species. Around the year 1850, seeds from the plant had arrived to the state of California. It is believed that those seeds came from South America.
Centaurea diffusa, also known as diffuse knapweed, white knapweed or tumble knapweed, is a member of the genus Centaurea in the family Asteraceae. This species is common throughout western North America but is not actually native to the North American continent, but to the eastern Mediterranean.
Cyphocleonus achates is a species of true weevil known as the knapweed root weevil. It is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean and is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, especially spotted knapweed. It has recently been spotted in India.
Larinus minutus is a species of true weevil known as the lesser knapweed flower weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, especially diffuse knapweed and spotted knapweed.
Acleris variegana, the garden rose tortricid moth or fruit tortricid, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It has a Palearctic distribution. The moth flies from July to September mainly at night and is attracted to bright lights. The larvae feed on various trees and shrubs including rose and apple.
Archips xylosteana, the variegated golden tortrix or brown oak tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
Aphelia paleana, the timothy tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, and across the Palearctic to China and the Russian Far East.
Aphelia viburnana, the bilberry tortrix, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, from Portugal and Great Britain to the Ural Mountains, Siberia and Mongolia, further east to the Russian Far East.
Aethes cnicana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Westwood in 1854. It is found in Europe, China, Japan, Korea and Russia.
Agapeta hamana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, western and southern Siberia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, western China and northern India.
Celypha cespitana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from western Europe to the Ural Mountains, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Near East, Iran, Russia, north-eastern China (Manchuria), Korea and Japan. It is also found in the Nearctic realm.
Ancylis achatana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from central and southern Europe including the United Kingdom and Ireland, east to the Baltic region, Asia Minor, Ukraine and Russia to the southern part of Trans-Ural.
Acleris rufana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from northern, central and south-western Europe through southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan.
Celypha rivulana is a small moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe.
Apotomis betuletana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. The habitat consists of woods and woodland margins where birch occurs.
Acleris holmiana, the golden leafroller moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe and Asia Minor.
Ancylis mitterbacheriana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.
Aethes francillana, the long-barred yellow conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is found in almost all of Europe, from north-western Africa to Afghanistan and Dzungarian Alatau in Central Asia. It is also found in the Ural Mountains, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, western Siberia, Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of rough grassland, particularly chalk downland and coastal areas.
Centaurea stoebe, the spotted knapweed or panicled knapweed, is a species of Centaurea native to eastern Europe. It is also an invasive species in the United States, and particularly widespread in dryer regions of the West, which has a similarly dry climate as the Mediterranean. This species and Centaurea diffusa are tumbleweeds — plants that break free of their roots and tumble in the wind, facilitating the dispersal of their seeds.
Ancylis obtusana, the small buckthorn roller, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
