Approved arthropod biological control agents from commercial sources that do not fall under the mandate of the Plant Protection Act

January 31, 2011

For agents in/with approved hosts/prey from approved sources

Predatory Mites

  • Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Galendromus (=Metaseiulus, =Typhlodromus) occidentalis (Nesbitt) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Hypoaspis aculeifer (Canestrini) (ACARI: Laelapidae)
  • Hypoaspis miles (Berlese) (ACARI: Laelapidae)
  • Iphiseius (=Amblyseius) degenerans Berlese (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Mesoseiulus (=Phytoseiulus) longipes Evans (ACARI: Phtyoseiidae)
  • Neoseiulus (=Amblyseius) barkeri (=mckenziei) (Hughes) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Neoseiulus (= Amblyseius) cucumeris (Oudemans) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Neoseiulus (=Amblyseius) fallacis (Garman) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Phytoseiulus macropilis (Banks) (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)
  • Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten (ACARI: Phytoseiidae)

Parasites and Predators

  • Anagyrus fusciventris (Girault) (HYMENOPTERA: Encyrtidae)
  • Anaphes flavipes (Forster) (HYMENOPTERA: Mymaridae)
  • Anaphes iole Girault (HYMENOPTERA: Mymaridae)
  • Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard) (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Aphelinus abdominalis Dalman (HYMENOPTERA: Eulophidae)
  • Aphidius colemani Viereck (HYMENOPTERA: Aphidiidae)
  • Aphidius ervi Haliday (HYMENOPTERA: Aphidiidae)
  • Aphidius matricariae Haliday (HYMENOPTERA: Aphidiidae)
  • Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (DIPTERA: Cecidomyiidae)
  • Aphytis melinus (DeBach) (HYMNEOPTERA: Aphelinidae)
  • Atheta coriaria (Kraatz) (COLEOPTERA: Staphylinidae)
  • Bracon hebetor Say (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Carcinops pumilio (Erichson) (COLEOPTERA: Histeridea)
  • Chrysoperla (=Chrysopa) carnea (Stephens) (NEUROPTERA: Chrysopidae)
  • Chrysoperla (=Chrysopa) rufilabris (Burmeister) (NEUROPTERA: Chrysopidae)
  • Coleomegilla maculata DeGeer (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Cotesia flavipes Cameron (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Cotesia melanoscelus (Ratzeburg) (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Dacnusa sibirica Telenga (HYMENOPTERA: Braconidae)
  • Delphastus catalinae (Horn) (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Delphastus pusillus (LeConte) (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Deraeocoris brevis (Knight) (HEMIPTERA: Miridae)
  • Diaeretiella rapae (McIntosh) (HYMENOPTERA: Aphidiidae)
  • Dicyphus hesperus Knight (HEMIPTERA: Miridae)
  • Diglyphus isaea (Walker) (HYMENOPTERA: Eulophidae)
  • Encarsia formosa Gahan (HYMENOPTERA: Eulophidae)
  • Eretmocerus californicus Howard (HYMENOPTERA: Aphelinidae)
  • Eretmocerus eremicus Rose and Zolnerowich (HYMENOPTERA: Aphelinidae)
  • Eretmocerus mundus Mercet (HYMENOPTERA: Aphelinidae)
  • Leptomastidea abnormis (Girault) (HYMENOPTERA: Encyrtidae)
  • Feltiella acarisuga (=Therodiplosis persicae) (Vallot) (DIPTERA: Cecidomyiidae)
  • Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (HYMENOPTERA: Encyrtidae)
  • Mantis religiosa L. (ORTHOPTERA: Mantidae)
  • Metaphycus helvolus Compere (HYEMNOPTERA: Encyrtidae)
  • Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Saunders (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Muscidifurax raptorellus Kogan & Legner (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Muscidifurax zaraptor Kogan & Legner (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Orius insidiosus Say (HEMIPTERA: Anthocoridae)
  • Orius tristicolor (White) (HEMIPTERA: Anthocoridae)
  • Podisus maculiventris (Say) (HEMIPTERA: Pentatomidae)
  • Rhyzobius (=Lindorus) lophanthae Blaisdell (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Spalangia cameroni Perkins (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Spalangia endius Walker (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Stethorus punctillum Weise (COLEOPTERA: Coccinellidae)
  • Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Saussure (ORTHOPTERA; Mantidae)
  • Tetrastichus (=Tamarixia) triozae Burks (HYMENOPTERA: Eulophidae)
  • Thripobius semiluteus Boucek (HYMENOPTERA: Pteromalidae)
  • Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Trichogramma evanescens Westwood (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Trichogramma minutum Riley (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Trichogramma ostriniae Pang and Chen (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Trichogramma platneri Nagarkatti (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (HYMENOPTERA: Trichogrammatidae)
  • Xylocoris flavipes Reuter (HEMIPTERA: Anthocoridae)