Claim · #6492627
Aphytis melinus · biocontrol · Aonidiella aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Dynamic host feeding by the parasitoid Aphytis melinus”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 92
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii; dynamic host feeding balancing reproduction is consistent with established foraging theory for this species.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii; dynamic host feeding balancing reproduction is consistent with established Aphytis foraging theory.”
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