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.