Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Body length >4mm

Body length >4mm; forewings very distinctly darkened; face with dense white hairs; body bright, very shiny black/red/orange or black/yellow

Bracon confusus

B. confusus was introduced biological control agent for the Eucalyptus leaf-blister sawfly Phylacteophaga froggatti. Initially considered a variant of B. phylacteophagus and introductions were a combination of the two species; B. confusus is considered not to have established.


Bracon phylacteophagus

Introduced biological control agent for the Eucalyptus leaf-blister sawfly Phylacteophaga froggatti.