Lathromeris ovicida (Risbec)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae

Year of introduction

1972

Source

Ghana

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 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.