North American egg parasite successfully controls a different host genus in South America.
Telenomus alsophilae, a parasite of the eggs of the geometrid Alsophila pometaria in North America, was introduced into Columbia, South America, for the biological control of a pest host in another genus, Oxydia trychiata. Successful results were obtained with this unorthodox procedure to control a forest insect.
D000818:Animals; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000254:growth & development; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000469:parasitology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D013045:Species Specificity