Cotesia chilonis (Munakata)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Braconidae Cotesia chilonis

Year of introduction

 1965, 1977

Sources

 Japan (1965), Indonesia (1977)

Target pests

Chilo partellus (Swinhoe); Sugarcane borers, C. infuscatellus (Snellen), C. sacchariphagus indicus (Kapur), C. auricilius (Dudgeon), C. tumidicostalis (Hampson), Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker) and Acigona steniellus (Hampson)

Crops

 Sorghum, maize, sugarcane

Present status

 Recovered after second introduction, apparently not established

References

1. 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.

2. Sankaran, T. 1974. Natural enemies introduced in recent years for biological control of agricultural pests in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 44 (7): 425-433.

3. 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.