Claim · #6492628
Aphytis coheni · biocontrol · Aonidiella aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphytis coheni, a parasite of the California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii, in Israel”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 88
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis coheni (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) is a documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
- agroecologist · implausible
“The extracted_claim correctly identifies a parasitoid-pest relationship, but the target_table 'crop_vulnerabilities' and damage_type 'pest_pressure' misclassify Aphytis coheni — a beneficial parasitoid wasp — as a crop pest rather than a biocontrol agent.”
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