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Phthorimaea operculella · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“biological control of potato moth, Phthorimaea operculella”
Authors
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
Year
2004
Publication
CSIRO Publishing
Page
88

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Phthorimaea operculella is a well-documented key pest of Solanum tuberosum globally, and Copidosoma koehleri is its established egg-larval parasitoid used in Australian biocontrol programs.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Phthorimaea operculella is a well-documented key potato pest, and Copidosoma koehleri is a known polyembryonic parasitoid used in its biocontrol, consistent with Australian IPM literature.”

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