1Integrated Pest Management Activity, Virginia Tech, Dhaka, Bangladesh
CIRED, Virginia Tech, 526 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA
*Email: rmuni@vt.edu (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0002-2992-2792
Online Published on 17 May, 2023.
The weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. was accidentally introduced to India in 1955 and from there it has spread to Bangladesh in 1988. A natural enemy of this weed, the leaf feeding beetle Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister was introduced to India in 1983 and it has fortuitously moved into Bangladesh. This communication reports on the first time finding of Z. bicolorata in Bangladesh on October 24, 2022.
Parthenium hysterophorus, Zygogramma bicolorata, Biological control of a weed, Leaf feeding beetle, Fortuitous introduction, Bangladesh
