Itoplectis narangae (Ashmead)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae Itoplectis-narangae

 

Year of introduction

 1970

Source

 Japan

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 Itoplectis-narangae

Present status

 Not established

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.