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List of Natural Enemies


List of the natural enemies of insect pest

  • Egg parasitoids
  • Egg-larval parasitoids
  • Larval parasitoids
  • Parasitoids of sucking pests
  • Predators

Also read: Insect Vectors of Plant Diseases

List of egg parasitoids

S. No.Natural enemyInsect-pestsRecommended safe pesticides
1.Telenomus remus NixonTabacco caterpillarMonocrotophos, phosalone
2.Trichogramma achaeae
Nagaraja and Nagarkatti
Spotted bollwormDeltamethrin, monocrotophos, permethrin, phosalone
3.Trichogramma brasiliensis (Ashmead)Gram pod borerCypermethrin, deltamethrin, endosulfan, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, monocrotophos, phosalone
4.Trichogramma chilonis IshiiTissue borers og sugarcane, jowar and maizeDDT, deltamethrin, diazinon, diflubenzuran, endosulfan, fenvalerate, lindane, oxydemeton methyl, phosalane, phosalone, phosphamidon
5.Trichogramma japonicum AshmeadTop borer of sugarcane and yellow stem borer of riceEndosulfan, lindane
6.Trichogramma perkinsi GiraultTissue borers of sugarcane, jowar and maizeDDT, diazinon, endosulfan
7.Trichogrammatoidea armigera NagarajaGram pod borerPhosalone
8.Trichogrammaoidea eldanae ViggianiTissue borers of sugarcanePhosalone

List of egg-larval parasitoids

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S. No.Natural enemy Insect pestRecommended safe pesticides
1.Chelonus blackburni CameronCotton bollwormsDiflubenzuran, dimethoate, fenpropathrin, permethrin, phosalone,
2.TTetrastichus pyrillae J.C. CrawfordSugarcane pyrillaEndosulfan, quinalphos

List of Larval parasitoids

S. No.Natural enemy Insect pestRecommended safe pesticides
1.Allorhogas pyralophagus MarshTissue borers of sugarcaneDicofol, mancozeb, phosalone, zineb
2.Apanteles aangaleti Muesebeck Pink bollwormDeltamethrin, fenvalerate, permethrin, phosalone, phosphamidon
3.Apanteles papilionis ViereckLemon butterfly Fenvalerate, permethrin, phosalone
4.Apanteles plutellae KurdyumovDiamondback mothCypermethrin, fenvalerate, monocrotophos, permethrin, phosalone
5.Bracon brevicornis WesmaelCoconut black headed caterpullarPhosalone
6.Eucelatoria bryani SabroskyGram pod borerCypermethrin, monocrotophos, phosalone
7.Bracon kirkpatricki WilkinsonPink bollwormCypermethrin, deltamethrin, permethrin, phosalone,
8.Parasierola naphantidis MuesebeckCoconut black headed caterpillarEndosulfan, phosalone
9.Sturmiopsis inferens TownsendTissue borers of sugarcane Carbofuron, fenvalerate, lindane (whorl application og granules), chlorpyriphos (soil application(
10.Pediobius foveolatufoveolatus J.C. CrawfordEpilachna beetleExtract of Acorus calamus (rhizome), Azadiracta indica (seed oil), Melia azedarach (drupes)

List of parasitoids of sucking pests

S. No.Natural enemyInsect pestRecommended safe pesticides
1.Adelencyrtus mayurai Subba RaoSugarcane scaleEndosulfan, malathion
2.Aenasius advena CompereGuava mealy bugDiazinon
3.Allotropa japonica AshmeadGrapevine mealy bug Monocrotophos, phosalone
4.Anagyrus dactylopi HowardGrapevine mealy bugCypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate
5.Aphelinus mali HaldemanWooly apple aphidEndosulfan, phosalone
6.Aphytis proclia Walker San Jose scaleFenvalerate
7.Azotus spp.Sugarcane scaleDimethoate
8.Coccidoxenoides peregrinus TimberlakeCitrus mealy bugDeltamethrin
9.Epiricania melanoleuca FletcherSugarcane pyrillaDimethoate, quinolphos
10.Leptomastix dactylopii HowardCitrus mealy bugMonocrotophos, phosalone
11.Platygaster spp.Gall midgePhosalone
12.Tetracnemoidea indica AyyarCoffee mealy bugFenvalerate

List of predators

S. No.Natural enemyInsect pestRecommended safe pesticides
1.Chrysoperla carnea StephensJassids, aphidsEndosulfan, fenvalerate, phosalone
2.Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus Aphids Alcoholic extract of dharek drupes and sweetflag rhizomes, methyl demeton
3.Cryptolaemus montrouzieri MulsantMealy bugAlcoholic extract of dharek drupes and sweetflag rhizomes, endosulfan, endrin, methyl demeton
4.Cyrtorthinus lividipennis ReuterBrown plant hopperPhosalone, phosphamidon
5.Lycosa spp.Brown plant hopperPhosphamidon
6.Mallada boninensis OkamotoAphid, whitefly Cypermethrin, dichlorvos, emdosulfan, fenvalerate, fluvalinate, oxydemeton, methyl
7.Menochilus sexmaculatus FabriciusAphid, whiteflyEndosulfan, repelin


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