Claim · #6492470
Hymenoptera (order) · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“egg and larval parasitoids most affected because totally dependent on live hosts”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Egg and larval parasitoids requiring live hosts are well-documented as most vulnerable to Bt-induced host reduction; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Egg and larval parasitoids are obligately koinobiont/idiobiont parasitoids requiring live hosts; Bt-mediated host reduction logically impairs them more than pupal/adult parasitoids — biologically consistent.”
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