Claim · #6492848
Cyzenis albicans · biocontrol · Operophtera brumata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Collapse of the pest population coincided with the increase in the natural enemies, especially C. albicans”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata; its biocontrol role in Canada (Nova Scotia) collapsing winter moth populations is a classic IPM case study.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata used in classical biocontrol in Nova Scotia, Canada; larval parasitoidism mechanism and population collapse correlation are textbook-consistent.”
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