Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend)

 

Taxonomic position

Diptera: Tachinidae Lixophaga diatraeae

Years of introduction

 1959-60; 1963-64

Source

 Antigua, Cuba, Domica and Jamaica (1959-60); Trinidad via Taiwan (1963-64)

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

 First introduction not established; subsequently recovered (1963-64)

References

1. Rao, V.P., Ghani, A.M., 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.