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Commercially used biological control agents
- Insecta, Diptera
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Aphidoletes aphidimyza  
Family Cecidomyiidae
Main target pests Aphididae (Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae, Macrosiphum sp., Aulacorthum sp.)
Original distribution Central Europe, Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO Widespread
Date of first use 1985
EPPO countries where used Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK
Use Indoors/outdoors

 

Episyrphus balteatus  
Family Syrphidae
Main target pests Aphididae
Original distribution Europe
Distribution in EPPO Widespread
Date of first use 1995
EPPO countries where used Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal
Use Indoors/outdoors

 

Feltiella acarisuga  
Synonyms Feltiella tetranychi, Therodiplosis persicae
Family Cecidomyiidae
Main target pests Tetranychus urticae, T. cinnabarinus
Original distribution W. Europe/Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO Widespread
Date of first use 1995
EPPO countries where used Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Use Indoors

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