Claim · #6492258
Cyzenis albicans · biocontrol · Operophtera brumata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Collapse of the pest population coincided with the increase in the natural enemies, especially C. albicans”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata; its role in collapsing winter moth populations in Nova Scotia, Canada is a classic biocontrol case study.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata, with classic Canadian biocontrol history supporting population collapse correlation.”
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