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Aleochara bilineata · biocontrol · Delia antiqua

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“alternate host and thus a continuous food supply for the rove beetle, A. bilineata”
Authors
Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
Year
1995
Publication
CRC Press / Westview Press
Page
103

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aleochara bilineata is a well-documented larval parasitoid and adult predator of Delia antiqua puparia; radish as alternate Delia host maintaining beetle populations is biologically consistent with the source quote.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Aleochara bilineata is a well-documented parasitoid/predator of Delia spp. puparia; radish as alternate Delia host maintaining beetle populations is biologically consistent with published IPM literature.”

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