Chelonus curvimaculatus

Cameron, 1906

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Ηabitat

I1 Arable

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1965

Impacts

Unknown

In 1965, C. curvimaculatus from India and South Africa was introduced into Cyprus, where it established (Sankaran and Girling 1980). No information on its impact on P. operculella was found.

Pathway

1 RELEASE IN NATURE - Biological Control – BC

References

Sankaran T, Girling DJ (1980) The current status of biological control of the potato tuber moth. Biocontrol News and Information 1: 207–211.

Gerber E, Schaffner U (2016) Chapter 2: European insect biocontrol agents released in Europe. In: Gerber E, Schaffner U (Eds) Review of invertebrate biological control agents introduced into Europe.CABI Switzerland, Rue des Grillons 1, CH-2800.