Claim · #6492823
Apanteles medicaginis · biocontrol · Colias eurytheme
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“alfalfa caterpillar Colias eurythene and its parasite Apanteles medicanis”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Apanteles medicaginis is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Colias eurytheme in California alfalfa; interaction direction, roles, and regional context are all biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Apanteles medicaginis is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Colias eurytheme in California alfalfa IPM; interaction direction, mechanism, and host identity are all biologically consistent.”
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