Informal group
Insects
Territories
Establishment status
Establishment status detail
150 were released in 1956. (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)
First record
1956
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Pathway detail
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)
References
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