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Taxonomic position |
Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae |
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Years of introduction |
1963, 1979 | |
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Source |
The Philipppines (1963); Trinidad (1979) | |
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Target pests |
Sugarcane borers, Chilo infuscatellus (Snellen), C. sacchariphagus indicus (Kapur), C. auricilius (Dudgeon), C. tumidicostalis (Hampson), Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker) and Acigona steniellus (Hampson) |
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Crop |
Sugarcane |
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Status |
Not established (1963); Recovered (1979) | |
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References 1. Rao, V.P., Ghani, AM., 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. 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. 3. Subramanyam, T.V. 1949. Attempts at the introduction of Cryptochaetum iceryae Will. into India. Indian Journal of Entomology, 11(1): 61-70. |
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Notes |
A native species widely distributed in India and used for augmentative biological control | |