Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Braconidae

Year of introduction

1967

Source

Uganda

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

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. Fact sheet on C. sesamiae