Chelonus blackburni Cameron

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Braconidae

Year of introduction

1980

Source

Hawaii (1980),  

Target pests

Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), Earias spp., Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller)

Crops

Cotton, okra, hollyhock, potato

Present status

Established

Reference

Singh, S.P. 1994. Fifteen years of AICRP on biological control. Project Directorate of Biological Control (ICAR), Bangalore, India. Technical Bulletin No. 8, 323 p.