List of target pests and bioagents introduced against them
The details of target pests and weeds and the bioagents introduced against them in India are given under the following heads:
Target pest: Serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess)
- Diglyphus begini (Ashmead)
Target pests: Sugarcane borers
Agathis stigmatera (Cresson)
Allorhogas pyralophagus Marsh
Cotesia chilonis (Munakata)
Cotesia diatraeae (Muesebeck)
Cotesia flavipes (Cameron)
Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron)
Dentichasmias busseolae Heinrich
Descampsina sesamiae (Mesnil)
Diadegma lineatus Ishida
Diatraeophaga striatalis (Townsend)
Ipobracon puberuloides Myers
Itoplectis narangae (Ashmead)
Jaynesleskia jaynesi (Aldrich)
Lathromeris ovicida (Risbec)
Lixophaga diatraeae (Townsend)
Macrocentrus cingulum Brischke
Macrocentrus grandii Goidanich
Metagonistylum minense Townsend
Paratheresia claripalpis (Wulp)
Pediobius furvus (Gahan)
Telenomus alecto (Crawford)
Telenomus nephele Nixon
Tetrastichus inferens Yoshimoto
Trichogramma australicum Girault
Trichogramma brasiliense auctt.
Trichogramma brasiliensis auctt.
Trichogramma evanescens Westwood
Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura
Trichogramma fasciatum (Perkins)
Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead
Trichogramma minutum Riley
Trichogramma perkinsi Girault
Trichogramma semifumatum (Perkins)
Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja
Trichogrammatoidea eldanae Viggiani
Target pest: Codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.)
Trichogramma cacaeciae Marchal
Trichogramma embryophagum (Hartig)
Target pest: Potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller)
Agathis unicolorata Shenefelt
Apanteles scutellaris (Muesebeck)
Apanteles subandinus Blanchard
Bracon gelechiae Cameron
Campoplex haywardi Blanchard
Chelonus blackburni Cameron
Chelonus kellieae Marsh
Copisosoma desantisi Annecke & Mynhardt
Copidosoma koehleri Blanchard
Diadegma stellenboschense (Cameron)
Diadegma turcator Aubert
Orgilus jenniae Marsh
Orgilus lepidus Muesebeck
Orgilus parcus Turner
Target pest: Sorghum stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)
Allorhogas pyralophagus Marsh
Cotesia chilonis (Munakata)
Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron)
Target pest: Coconut black headed caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker
Bessa remota (Aldrich)
Eriborus trochanteratus (Morley)
Pales bezziana (Baranov)
Target pest: Diamond back moth, Plutella xylostella (L.)
Target pest: Old World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)
Campoletis flavicincta (Ashmead)
Chelonus blackburni Cameron
Chelonus insularis (Cresson)
Cotesia kazak (Telenga)
Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson)
Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky
Glabromicroplitis croceipes (Cresson)
Hyposoter didymator Thunberg
Lespesia archippivora (Riley)
Trichogramma brasiliense auctt.
Trichogramma brasiliensis auctt.
Trichogramma pretiosum Riley
Trichogramma semifumatum (Perkins)
Target pest: Pink boll worm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)
Bracon kirkpatricki (Wilkinson)
Chelonus blackburni Cameron
Trichogramma brasiliensis auctt.
Target pest: Cotton bollworms, Earias spp.
Chelonus blackburni Cameron
Trichogramma brasiliensis auctt.
Target pest: Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)
Target pest: Teak leaf skeletonizer, Eutectona machaeralis (Walker)
Apanteles hyblaeae Wilkinson
Apanteles malevolus Wilkinson
Bessa remota (Aldrich)
Carcelia kockiana Townsend
Eucarcelia kockiana (Townsend)
Trichogrammatoidea nana (Zehntner)
Target pest: Castor semilooper, Achaea janata (L.)
Telenomus nawai Ashmead
Telenomus remus Nixon
Target pest: Banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)
Dactylosternum hydrophiloides (MacLeay)
Target pest: Rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros (L.)
Target pest: Coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari
Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem
Phymastichus coffea La Salle
Prorops nasuta Waterston
Target pest: Cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch
Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson)
Target pest: Apple woolly aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann)
Aphelinus mali (Haldemann)
Target pest: Sugarcane scale, Melanaspis glomerata (Green)
Adelencyrtus miyarai Tachikawa
Aphytis mytilaspidis (Le Baron)
Chilocorus cacti (L.)
Chilocorus distigma (F.)
Chilocorus schioedtei Mulsant
Coccidophilus citricola Brethes
Cryptognatha nodiceps Marshall
Encarsia ectophaga (Silvestri)
Lindorus lophanthae (Blaisdell)
Physcus flavoflagellatus (De Santis)
Physcus subflavis Annecke & Insley
Pseudoazya trinitatis (Marshall)
Pseudoscymnus anomalus Chapin
Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell)
Rhyzobius pulchellus (Montrouzier)
Signiphora flavopalliata (Ashmead)
Signiphora lutea Rust
Sticholotis madagassa Weise
Target pest: San Jose scale, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock)
Aphytis diaspidis (Howard)
Aphytis sp. nr. diaspidis (Howard)
Aphytis mytilaspidis (Le Baron)
Chilocorus kuwanae Silvestri
Cybocephalus gibbulus (Erichson)
Encarsia perniciosi (Tower)
Target pest: Cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi Maskell
Cryptochaetum iceryae (Williston)
Rodolia cardinalis (Mulsant)
Target pest: Coffee green scale, Coccus viridis (Green)
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
Target pest: Citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso)
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
Leptomastidea abnormis (Girault)
Leptomastix dactylopii Howard
Target pest: Tailed mealybug, Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
Target pest: Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell)
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
Target pest: Grapevine mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
Target pest: Sugarcane mealybug, Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell)
Hyperaspis trilineata Mulsant
Target pest: Papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink
Target pest: Spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell
Encarsia dispersa Polaszek
Encarsia guadeloupae Viggiani
Target pest: Subabul psyllid, Heteropsylla cubana Crawford
Target pest: Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle
Target pest: Spider mites, Tetranychus spp.
Amblyseius chilenensis (Dosse)
Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot
Target pest: Tea mites
Amblyseius newsami Evans
Stethorus vagans Blackburn
Target: Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes
Neochetina bruchi Hustache
Neochetina eichhorniae Warner
Orthogalumna terebrantis Wallwork
Target: Water fern, Salvinia molesta
Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder & Sands
Paulinia acuminata (De Geer)
Target: Various aquatic weeds and algae
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cuvier Valenciennes)
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier Valenciennes)
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters)
Osphronemus goramy Lacépède
Target: Siam weed, Chromolaena odorata
Apion brunneonigrum Beguin-Billecocq
Mescinia parvula (Zeller)
Pareuchates pseudoinsulata Rego-Barros
Target: Crofton weed, Eupatorium adenophorum
Procecidochares utilis Stone
Target: Lantana camara L.
Anania haemorrhoidalis (Guenée)
Diastema tigris Guenée
Epinotia lantana (Busck)
Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker)
Leptobyrsa decora Drake
Octotoma scabripennis Guerin-Meneville
Ophiomyia lantanae (Froggatt)
Orthezia insignis Browne
Syngamia haemorrhoidalis Guenée
Uroplata girardi Pic
Target: Mile-a-minute weed, Mikania micrantha Kunth
- Puccinia spegazzinii De Toni
Target: Parthenium hysterophorus (L.)
Epiblema strenuana (Walker)
Smicronyx lutulentus Dietz
Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister
Target: Opuntia elatior (Miller), O. stricta (Hawarth)
Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell)
Target: Opuntia vulgaris Miller
Target: Broomrape, Orobanche sp.
Phytomyza orobanchia Kaltenbach
Target: Giant African Snail, Achatina fulica Bowdich
Euglandina rosea (Férussac)
Gonaxis quadrilateralis (Preston)
