Common bioagents of aphids in India

Some of the commonly encountered aphidophagous insects of the Indian region, including mainly predators and a few important parasitoids, are featured here. Click on the image to access further information on the species.

I. PREDATORS

COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE

thumbnail of Synonycha grandis    Link to Image gallery of common Indian species (including aphidophagous ones)

Thumbnail of Cheilomenes sexmaculata    Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius)

Seven spotted ladybird    Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus

Coccinella transversalis thumbnail    Coccinella transversalis Fabricius

Coelophora bissellata thumbnail    Coelophora bissellata Mulsant

DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE

Dideopsis aegrota thumbnail    Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius)

Thumbnail, Episyrphus balteatus   Episyrphus balteatus (de Geer) 

thumbnail, Eupeodes confrater    Eupeodes confrater (Wiedemann)

thumbnail, Ischiodon    Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius)

thumbnail, Paragus serratus    Paragus serratus (Fabricius)

thumbnail of P. yerburiensis    Paragus yerburiensis Stuckenberg

DIPTERA: CHAMAEMYIIDAE

thumbnail, Leucopis    Leucopis spp.

LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE

    Dipha aphidivora (Meyrick)

NEUROPTERA: CHRYSOPIDAE

thumbnail of chrysopid    Green lacewings

thumbnail, Micromus    Brown lacewings

    Micromus timidus Hagen

II. PARASITOIDS

HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE: APHIDIINAE

thumbnail, Diaretiella rapae    Diaeretiella rapae (Mc'Intosh)

HYMENOPTERA: APHELINIDAE

Thumbnail of Encarsia flavoscutellum    Encarsia flavoscutellum Zehntner