Commercially used biological control agents
- Insecta, Hymenoptera (part I) -

 

Anagrus atomus
Family	Mymaridae
Main target pests	Cicadellidae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	?
Date of first use	1994
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, Spain, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Anagyrus fusciventris
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Not present
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Anagyrus pseudococci
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	Mediterranean
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1995
EPPO countries where used	France, Czechia, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Aphelinus abdominalis
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Aphididae (Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Aulacorthum solani)
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Aphidius colemani
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Aphididae (Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae, M. nicotianae)
Original distribution	North Africa, Middle East, India
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean area
Date of first use	1992
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, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Aphidius ervi
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Aulacorthum solani, Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1995
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Aphidius matricariae
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Myzus persicae
Original distribution	Holarctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread in temperate regions
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Germany, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Aphytis diaspidis
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Original distribution	California
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	?
EPPO countries where used	Netherlands
Use	Indoors

 

Aphytis holoxanthus
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae
Original distribution	Asia
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1996
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Aphytis lingnanensis
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Aonidiella aurantii, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi
Original distribution	Probably eastern Asia (widely established elsewhere)
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	?
EPPO countries where used	Greece, Italy, Spain
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Aphytis melinus
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Aonidiella aurantii
Original distribution	India/Pakistan
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain
Use	Outdoors/indoors

 

Aprostocetus hagenowii
Synonyms	Tetrastichus hagenowii, Tetrastichodes hagenowii
Family	Eulophidae
Main target pests	Blattidae (Periplaneta spp.)
Original distribution	?
Distribution in EPPO	Romania
Date of first use	1993
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Bracon hebetor
Synonyms	Habrobracon hebetor
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera (on stored products)
Original distribution	India, New England
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean area (mostly Eastern)
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Many (including Germany, Portugal)
Use	Indoors

 

Cales noacki
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Aleurothrixus floccosus
Original distribution	Chile
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1970
EPPO countries where used	France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia
Use	Outdoors

 

Coccophagus lycimnia
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	Cosmopolitan
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1988
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Use	Indoors

 

Coccophagus rusti
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	Cosmopolitan
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1988
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Coccophagus scutellaris
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	Cosmopolitan
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1986
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Comperiella bifasciata
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae (Chrysomphalus aonidum, Aonidiella aurantii)
Original distribution	?California/South China
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Greece, Netherlands
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Cotesia marginiventris
Synonyms	Apanteles marginiventris
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera (Noctuidae)
Original distribution	Americas
Distribution in EPPO	?
Date of first use	1993
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Dacnusa sibirica
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Agromyzidae (Liriomyza spp.)
Original distribution	Palearctic, Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread, temperate regions
Date of first use	1981
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors (celery, lettuce)

 

Diglyphus isaea
Family	Eulophidae
Main target pests	Agromyzidae (Liriomyza spp.)
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1984
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

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