Claim · #6492114
Aphaereta pallipes · biocontrol · Delia antiqua
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“A. pallipes numbers decline exponentially from weedy borders and cow pastures”
- 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
“Aphaereta pallipes (Braconidae) is a documented parasitoid of Delia antiqua puparia; edge-habitat gradient decline and nectar/alternate-host dependency are consistent with landscape-scale IPM literature for this tritrophic system in Michigan.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphaereta pallipes (Braconidae) is a documented larval parasitoid of Delia antiqua; habitat-edge gradient dispersal from weedy borders is biologically consistent with parasitoid ecology.”
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