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Diachasmimorpha longicaudata · biocontrol · Tephritidae (family)

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“Flight tunnel responses of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata to olfactory and visual stimuli”
Authors
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
Year
2004
Publication
CSIRO Publishing
Page
93

AI critic verdicts

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is a well-documented larval parasitoid (braconid) of tephritid fruit flies; olfactory/visual host-location studies are consistent with its foraging biology.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is a well-documented larval endoparasitoid of Tephritidae fruit flies; biocontrol role and host-location via olfactory/visual stimuli are taxonomically and ecologically consistent.”

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