Claim · #6492297
Aspidiotiphagus citrinus · biocontrol · Fiorinia externa
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“regularly killed more than 90 percent of both scale species”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 45
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aspidiotiphagus citrinus as an encyrtid/aphelinid parasitoid of armored scales (Fiorinia externa) attacking hemlock is well-documented; >90% parasitism in native range with reduced efficacy due to phenological asynchrony in North America is biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aspidiotiphagus citrinus is a well-documented aphelinid ectoparasitoid of armored scales including Fiorinia externa; high parasitism rates in native range with reduced efficacy abroad due to phenological mismatch is biologically consistent.”
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