Trichogramma embryophagum (Hartig)

 

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae

Years of introduction

1978, 1988, 2007

Source

Romania (1978); Germany (1988); France, 2007

Target pests

Apple codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.)

Crop

Apple

Present status

Recovered

References

Pawar, A.D., Tuhan, N.C., Balasubramaniam, S. and Parry, M. 1980. Biological control of codling moth in Ladakh. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 8(2): 189-191.

Singh, S.P. 1994. Fifteen years of AICRP on biological control. Project Directorate of Biological Control (ICAR), Bangalore, India. Technical Bulletin No. 8, 323 p.

Notes

A thelytokous form / population has been recently introduced (2007) from INRA, France
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