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Biological Control of Insect Pests: Southeast Asian Prospects - EcoPort

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4.6 Deanolis sublimbalis<br />

India<br />

20°<br />

0°<br />

20°<br />

Myanmar<br />

Laos<br />

China<br />

++<br />

Thailand<br />

+<br />

Cambodia<br />

Malaysia<br />

Vietnam<br />

Singapore<br />

P<br />

Brunei<br />

P<br />

Indonesia<br />

+<br />

Taiwan<br />

++<br />

Philippines<br />

Australia<br />

+<br />

Papua<br />

New Guinea<br />

++<br />

105<br />

The red banded mango caterpillar, Deanolis sublimbalis tunnels in the flesh and seed <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fruit <strong>of</strong> mango, Mangifera indica,<br />

and also attacks the fruit <strong>of</strong> M. odorata,<br />

M. minor and<br />

Bouea burmanica.<br />

It is reported from India eastwards to <strong>Southeast</strong> Asia, southern China<br />

and Papua New Guinea. In this vast region there are scattered reports <strong>of</strong> damage ranging<br />

up to 50 per cent <strong>of</strong> fruit, but many areas within it from which there are no reports <strong>of</strong> damage<br />

or even <strong>of</strong> its presence.<br />

The only records <strong>of</strong> natural enemies are <strong>of</strong> two trichogrammatid egg parasitoids and a<br />

vespid larval predator, all in the Philippines. Further searches would be necessary before<br />

the potential <strong>of</strong> classical biological control could be evaluated, especially for infestation in<br />

new areas into which it has spread in recent years.<br />

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0°<br />

20°

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