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

Revised: January 31, 2011

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)

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