Orgilus lepidus

Muesebeck, 1967

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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, O. lepidus from South America was introduced into Cyprus. It established here, but no information on its impact was found (Sankaran and Girling 1980).

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.