List of the natural enemies of insect pest
- Egg parasitoids
- Egg-larval parasitoids
- Larval parasitoids
- Parasitoids of sucking pests
- Predators
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List of egg parasitoids
| S. No. | Natural enemy | Insect-pests | Recommended safe pesticides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Telenomus remus Nixon | Tabacco caterpillar | Monocrotophos, phosalone |
| 2. | Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti | Spotted bollworm | Deltamethrin, monocrotophos, permethrin, phosalone |
| 3. | Trichogramma brasiliensis (Ashmead) | Gram pod borer | Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, endosulfan, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, monocrotophos, phosalone |
| 4. | Trichogramma chilonis Ishii | Tissue borers og sugarcane, jowar and maize | DDT, deltamethrin, diazinon, diflubenzuran, endosulfan, fenvalerate, lindane, oxydemeton methyl, phosalane, phosalone, phosphamidon |
| 5. | Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead | Top borer of sugarcane and yellow stem borer of rice | Endosulfan, lindane |
| 6. | Trichogramma perkinsi Girault | Tissue borers of sugarcane, jowar and maize | DDT, diazinon, endosulfan |
| 7. | Trichogrammatoidea armigera Nagaraja | Gram pod borer | Phosalone |
| 8. | Trichogrammaoidea eldanae Viggiani | Tissue borers of sugarcane | Phosalone |
List of egg-larval parasitoids
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| S. No. | Natural enemy | Insect pest | Recommended safe pesticides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chelonus blackburni Cameron | Cotton bollworms | Diflubenzuran, dimethoate, fenpropathrin, permethrin, phosalone, |
| 2. | TTetrastichus pyrillae J.C. Crawford | Sugarcane pyrilla | Endosulfan, quinalphos |
List of Larval parasitoids
| S. No. | Natural enemy | Insect pest | Recommended safe pesticides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Allorhogas pyralophagus Marsh | Tissue borers of sugarcane | Dicofol, mancozeb, phosalone, zineb |
| 2. | Apanteles aangaleti Muesebeck | Pink bollworm | Deltamethrin, fenvalerate, permethrin, phosalone, phosphamidon |
| 3. | Apanteles papilionis Viereck | Lemon butterfly | Fenvalerate, permethrin, phosalone |
| 4. | Apanteles plutellae Kurdyumov | Diamondback moth | Cypermethrin, fenvalerate, monocrotophos, permethrin, phosalone |
| 5. | Bracon brevicornis Wesmael | Coconut black headed caterpullar | Phosalone |
| 6. | Eucelatoria bryani Sabrosky | Gram pod borer | Cypermethrin, monocrotophos, phosalone |
| 7. | Bracon kirkpatricki Wilkinson | Pink bollworm | Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, phosalone, |
| 8. | Parasierola naphantidis Muesebeck | Coconut black headed caterpillar | Endosulfan, phosalone |
| 9. | Sturmiopsis inferens Townsend | Tissue borers of sugarcane | Carbofuron, fenvalerate, lindane (whorl application og granules), chlorpyriphos (soil application( |
| 10. | Pediobius foveolatufoveolatus J.C. Crawford | Epilachna beetle | Extract of Acorus calamus (rhizome), Azadiracta indica (seed oil), Melia azedarach (drupes) |
List of parasitoids of sucking pests
| S. No. | Natural enemy | Insect pest | Recommended safe pesticides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adelencyrtus mayurai Subba Rao | Sugarcane scale | Endosulfan, malathion |
| 2. | Aenasius advena Compere | Guava mealy bug | Diazinon |
| 3. | Allotropa japonica Ashmead | Grapevine mealy bug | Monocrotophos, phosalone |
| 4. | Anagyrus dactylopi Howard | Grapevine mealy bug | Cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate |
| 5. | Aphelinus mali Haldeman | Wooly apple aphid | Endosulfan, phosalone |
| 6. | Aphytis proclia Walker | San Jose scale | Fenvalerate |
| 7. | Azotus spp. | Sugarcane scale | Dimethoate |
| 8. | Coccidoxenoides peregrinus Timberlake | Citrus mealy bug | Deltamethrin |
| 9. | Epiricania melanoleuca Fletcher | Sugarcane pyrilla | Dimethoate, quinolphos |
| 10. | Leptomastix dactylopii Howard | Citrus mealy bug | Monocrotophos, phosalone |
| 11. | Platygaster spp. | Gall midge | Phosalone |
| 12. | Tetracnemoidea indica Ayyar | Coffee mealy bug | Fenvalerate |
List of predators
| S. No. | Natural enemy | Insect pest | Recommended safe pesticides |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Chrysoperla carnea Stephens | Jassids, aphids | Endosulfan, fenvalerate, phosalone |
| 2. | Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus | Aphids | Alcoholic extract of dharek drupes and sweetflag rhizomes, methyl demeton |
| 3. | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant | Mealy bug | Alcoholic extract of dharek drupes and sweetflag rhizomes, endosulfan, endrin, methyl demeton |
| 4. | Cyrtorthinus lividipennis Reuter | Brown plant hopper | Phosalone, phosphamidon |
| 5. | Lycosa spp. | Brown plant hopper | Phosphamidon |
| 6. | Mallada boninensis Okamoto | Aphid, whitefly | Cypermethrin, dichlorvos, emdosulfan, fenvalerate, fluvalinate, oxydemeton, methyl |
| 7. | Menochilus sexmaculatus Fabricius | Aphid, whitefly | Endosulfan, repelin |