Bracon hebetor Say

(=Bracon (Microbracon) hebetor Say)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Braconidae

Year of introduction / release

 ?

Source

 Sri Lanka  

Target pests

Lac insect predators, Eublemma amabilis Moore and Pseudohypatopa (=Holcocera) pulverea (Meyrick)

Crop

 Lac

Present status

 B. hebetor is indigenous; fate of introduced strain not known.  

Reference

Rao, V.P., Ghani, AM., Sankaran, T. and Mathur, K.C. 1971. A review of the biological control of insects and other pests in South East Asia and the Pacific region. Commonwealth Institute of Biological  Control Technical Communication (6), 149 p., CAB, Slough, UK.