Dentichasmias busseolae Heinrich

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae

Year of introduction

1970

Source

Uganda  

Target pests

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

Crop

Sugarcane

Present status

Not released

Reference

 

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.