Claim · #6492546
Cotesia glomerata · biocontrol · Pieris spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“a majority of Cotesia glomerata individuals captured in cabbage fields had fed upon honeydew sugars”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 70
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cotesia glomerata is a well-documented larval endoparasitoid of Pieris spp., and adult parasitoid wasps commonly feed on honeydew as a carbohydrate source; both elements are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cotesia glomerata is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Pieris spp.; adult feeding on honeydew is biologically consistent with known parasitoid adult nutrition ecology.”
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