Claim · #6492509
Eriborus terebrans · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“higher parasitism of Ostrinia nubilalis larvae by the parasitoid Eriborus terebrans in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 48
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriborus terebrans is a well-documented ichneumonid larval parasitoid of O. nubilalis; edge effects near wooded areas providing parasitoid refugia are consistent with established tritrophic landscape ecology literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriborus terebrans (Ichneumonidae) is a documented larval endoparasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis; edge-effect habitat association with wooded areas is biologically consistent with parasitoid foraging ecology.”
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