2000 were released in 1956 , and a further shipment in 1959 (Hutson, A.M. (1981) ‘A preliminary list of insects of Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago’, Atoll Research Bulletin, 243, pp. 1–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.243.1)
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Introduced for biocontrol of insects on coconut and other crops (Hutson, A.M. (1981) ‘A preliminary list of insects of Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago’, Atoll Research Bulletin, 243, pp. 1–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.243.1)
Hutson, A.M. (1981) ‘A preliminary list of insects of Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago’, Atoll Research Bulletin, 243, pp. 1–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.243.1; Zoological Society of London (2022) A List of the Terrestrial Invertebrates of BIOT, (Including Ecology, Biology, Conservation, Distribution and Collection Notes). Dataset.; Known BIOT Invasive Plants (Unknown); Starr, F., Martz, K. & Loope, L. (2001) Botanical inventory of Kure Atoll. Department of Land and Natural Resources