Commercially used biological control agents
- Insecta, Coleoptera -

 

Adalia bipunctata
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Aphididae
Original distribution	Palaearctic (?)
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	?
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland
Use	Indoors

 

Aleochara bilineata
Family	Staphylinidae
Main target pests	Delia antiqua, Delia radicum (= Delia brassicae)
Original distribution	Northern and Middle Europe, Canada and USA
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1997 (in Netherlands)
EPPO countries where used	Netherlands, some other European countries
Use	Outdoors

Chilocorus baileyii
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae
Original distribution	Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Not established
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands
Use	Indoors

 

Chilocorus bipustulatus
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae, Coccidae (Saissetia oleae)
Original distribution	South Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (South and Central)
Date of first use	1959
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey
Use	Outdoors/Indoors

 

Chilocorus circumdatus
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae
Original distribution	S. E. Asia
Distribution in EPPO	Not established
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands
Use	Indoors

 

Chilocorus nigrita
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae, Asterolecaniidae
Original distribution	S. Asia
Distribution in EPPO	Not established
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Coccinella septempunctata
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Aphididae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	France, Germany, Portugal
Use	Outdoors

 

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Planococcus citri
Original distribution	Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean area
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Delphastus catalinae
Synonym	Delphastus pusillae
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Aleyrodidae (Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Bemisia tabaci)
Original distribution	Nearctic/Neotropic
Distribution in EPPO	Not established
Date of first use	1993
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Jordan, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Tunisia, UK (restricted under license)
Use	Indoors

 

Rhyzobius lophanthae
Synonym	Lindorus lophanthae
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae (Pseudolacaspis pentagona), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, Parlatoria blanchardi
Original distribution	Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean, Russia
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey
Use	Indoors

 

Rodolia cardinalis
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Icerya purchasi
Original distribution	Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean, CIS
Date of first use	?1980s
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Netherlands
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Scymnus rubromaculatus
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Aphididae
Original distribution	Central Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Finland, Estonia, Lithuania
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal
Use	Indoors

 

Stethorus punctillum
Family	Coccinellidae
Main target pests	Panonychus ulmi
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1995
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Use	Indoors