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Control Procedures<br />

Table 6-7 Biological Control Agents Against Tuta absoluta 1<br />

Action Taxon Species<br />

Egg parasitoid<br />

Hymenoptera:<br />

Trichogrammatidae<br />

Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja<br />

& Nagarkatti, Trichogrammatoidea<br />

bactrae Nagaraja,T. fasciatum<br />

(Perkins), T. pretiosum Riley, T.<br />

rojasi Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, T.<br />

nerudai Pintureau & Gerding<br />

Larval parasitoid Hymenoptera: Bethylidae Parasierola nigrifemur (Ashmead)<br />

Hymenoptera: Braconidae Agathis sp., Apanteles<br />

gelechiidivoris Marsh, Apanteles<br />

sp., Bracon lucileae Marsh,<br />

Bracon sp., Pseudapanteles<br />

dignus (Muesenback), Earinus sp.,<br />

Origilus sp.<br />

Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Dineulophus phtorimaeae De<br />

Santis, Neochrysocharis formosa<br />

(Westwood), Cirrospilus sp.,<br />

Horismenus sp.<br />

Hymenoptera:<br />

Temelucha sp., Diadegma sp.<br />

Ichneumonidae<br />

Egg-larval parasitoid Hymenoptera: Braconidae Chelones sp.<br />

Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae Copidosoma sp.<br />

Larval-pupal parasitoid Hymenoptera:<br />

Campoplex haywardi Blanchard<br />

Ichneumonidae<br />

Pupal parasitoid Hymenoptera: Chalcididae Conura sp.<br />

Predator Hemiptera: Miridae Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur,<br />

Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter,<br />

Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus Spinola<br />

Hemiptera: Nabidae Nabis pseudoferus ibericus<br />

Remane<br />

Hemiptera:Pentatomidae Podisus nigrispininus (Dallas)<br />

Larval bacterial<br />

Bacillus thuringiensis<br />

Larval fungal<br />

Beauveria bassiana<br />

Egg fungal Clavicipitaceae Metarhizium anisopliae<br />

1 Botto, 1999; Botto et al., 2009; Cabello et al., 2009a; 2009b; Ceriani, 1995; Lopez, 2010; Luna<br />

et al., 2007; Polack, 2007.<br />

Microorganisms<br />

Bacillus thuringiensis has been recommended for control of Tuta absoluta.<br />

More recently, the muscadine fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.)<br />

Sorokin has been studied for control of T. absoluta (Pires et al., 2009). Adult<br />

females infected with the fungus did not reduce their oviposition or fecundity;<br />

however, infection with M. anisopliae resulted in 37 percent female mortality.<br />

Eggs exposed to M. anisopliae were all infected after 72 hours.<br />

6/2011 Tomato Leafminer 6-23<br />

Emergency and Domestic Programs

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