Chelonus curvimaculatus
Ηabitat
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Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Alien:
First detection year
1965
Impacts
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.
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.