Metagonistylum minense Townsend

 

Taxonomic position	Diptera: Tachinidae
Years of introduction	1959-60; 1982
Source	Trinidad (1959-60); Colombia (1982)
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; second  not recovered
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