Claim · #6492696
Tachinidae (family) · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“They are parasitic on other insects, particularly immature Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 132
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tachinidae are well-documented endoparasitoids of immature Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera; mechanism and effect direction are biologically consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tachinidae are well-documented endoparasitoids of immature Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera; mechanism and host range match established entomological literature.”
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