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Rogas spp. · biocontrol · Hypena scabra

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“the parasitoid Rogas (a small wasp) parasitizes and kills only middle-aged green cloverworm larvae”
Authors
Pedigo L.P.
Year
2002
Publication
Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
Page
186

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Rogas spp. (Braconidae) are known larval endoparasitoids of noctuid/erebid caterpillars; stage-specificity for mid-instar larvae is biologically consistent and source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Rogas spp. (Braconidae) are known larval endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera, and host-instar specificity restricted to middle-aged larvae is biologically consistent with braconid parasitism windows.”

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