DEPRESSARIINAE, DEPRESSARIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
An attempt was made to introduce this species deliberately into northern New South Wales, Australia, from Brazil in order to control :
So far the Caterpillar has failed to establish itself in Australia.
Further reading :
M.D. Day, B.W. Willson, & K.J. Latimer,
The life history and host range of Ectaga garcia,
a biological control agent for Lantana camara and L. montevidensis in Australia,
Biocontrol,
Volume 43 (1998), pp. 325-338.
Vitor Osmar Becker,
A new Ectaga Walsingham (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from southern South America,
Revista Brasiliera de Zoologica,
São Paulo, Volume 11 (1994), p. 391.
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(updated 4 February 2008)