Trichogramma australicum Girault

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae

Years of introduction

1963, 1981

Source

Taiwan (1963); Trinidad (1981)

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

Recovered

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.