Biocontrol introduction

Target pest: Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), grass grub

Agent introduced: Steinernema glaseri (Rhabditida)

Imported: 1955, 1982

Import source: 1982 -Tasmania, Australia

Establishment: Recovered from trials in Canterbury

Impacts on target: ?

References

Cameron PJ, Hill RL, Bain J, Thomas WP (1989). A Review of Biological Control of Invertebrate Pests and Weeds in New Zealand 1874-1987. Technical Communication No 10. CAB International Institute of Biological Control. DSIR Entomology Division. 424p.