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

 

Encarsia citrina
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Diaspididae
Original distribution	Cosmopolitan
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1984
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Encarsia formosa
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Aleyrodidae (Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Bemisia tabaci)
Original distribution	Southern nearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1930
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Encyrtus aurantii
Synonyms	Encyrtus lecaniorum
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (south)
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Encyrtus infelix
Synonyms	Eucomys tananarivensis
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	Afrotropical region
Distribution in EPPO	Israel
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Eretmocerus eremicus
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Bemisia tabaci
Original distribution	Southern nearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1994
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey
Use	Indoors

 

Eretmocerus mundus
Family	Aphelinidae
Main target pests	Bemisia tabaci
Original distribution	South Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1996
EPPO countries where used	Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Gyranusoidea litura
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcus longispinus
Original distribution	Africa
Distribution in EPPO	France, Spain
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands
Use	Indoors

 

Leptomastidea abnormis
Synonym	Leptomastix abnormis
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1984
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Guernsey, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Leptomastix dactylopii
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Planococcus citri
Original distribution	Neotropic
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean area
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Leptomastix epona
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae, especially Pseudococcus viburni
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (south)
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, Spain, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Metaphycus flavus
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae, Saissetia oleae, Coccus hesperidum
Original distribution	Nearctic
Established in EPPO	Yes
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1999
EPPO countries where used	Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
Use	Indoors

 

Metaphycus helvolus
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae (Saissetia oleae Coccus hesperidum)
Original distribution	South Africa (also established in Nearctic)
Distribution in EPPO	Greece, Italy
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Metaphycus lounsburyi
Synonyms	M. bartletti, M. anneckei and M. hagenowii, also established in some Mediterranean countries, have been misidentified as M. lounsburyi
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae (Saissetia oleae)
Original distribution	California, Australia, Hawaii, South Africa
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean
Date of first use	1997
EPPO countries where used	Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Metaphycus swirskii
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae
Original distribution	East Africa?
Distribution in EPPO	France, Greece (Crete), Israel, Italy (probably more widely in Mediterranean region)
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Microterys nietneri
Synonyms	Microterys flavus
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Coccidae (Saissetia oleae)
Original distribution	California, Pakistan
Distribution in EPPO	Italy
Date of first use	1987
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Spain, former-Yugoslavia
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Opius pallipes
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Liriomyza bryoniae
Original distribution	Palaearctic (?)
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Jersey, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Praon volucre
Synonym	Aphydius volucre
Family	Braconidae
Main target pests	Aphididae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	?
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Guernsey, Jersey, Netherlands, UK
Use	Indoors

 

Pseudaphycus maculipennis
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	Palaearctic
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread (south)
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Scutellista caerulea
Synonym	Scutellista cyanea
Family	Pteromalidae
Main target pests	Coccidae (Saissetia oleae, S. coffeae, Ceroplastes rusci)
Original distribution	Africa
Distribution in EPPO	Mediterranean, CIS
Date of first use	1990
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Switzerland
Use	Indoors

 

Tetracnemoidea peregrina
Synonyms	Hungariella peregrina
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	North America
Distribution in EPPO	Israel
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Israel, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors/outdoors

 

Tetracnemoidea brevicornis
Synonyms	Hungariella pretiosa
Family	Encyrtidae
Main target pests	Pseudococcidae
Original distribution	?
Distribution in EPPO	Italy
Date of first use	1992
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain
Use	Indoors

 

Thripobius javae
Synonyms	Thripobius semiluteus
Family	Eulophidae
Main target pests	Thysanoptera (Heliothrips spp.)
Original distribution	Tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia
Distribution in EPPO	Israel
Date of first use	1995
EPPO countries where used	Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands
Use	Indoors

 

Trichogramma brassicae
Synonyms	Trichogramma maidis
Family	Trichogrammatidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera (Ostrinia nubilalis)
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, UK
Use	Outdoors/Indoors

 

Trichogramma cacoeciae
Family	Trichogrammatidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1980
EPPO countries where used	Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary
Use	Outdoors

 

Trichogramma dendrolimi
Family	Trichogrammatidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1985
EPPO countries where used	Germany, Slovakia
Use	Outdoors

 

Trichogramma evanescens
Family	Trichogrammatidae
Main target pests	Lepidoptera (including on stored products)
Original distribution	Europe
Distribution in EPPO	Widespread
Date of first use	1993
EPPO countries where used	Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, UK
Use	Indoors/outdoors

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