Claim · #6492849
Agrypon flaveolatum · biocontrol · Operophtera brumata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cyzenis albicans (Fallen) and Agypon flaveolatum established throughout the geographic range of the pest”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Agrypon flaveolatum is a documented ichneumonid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata larvae, and its establishment in Canada alongside Cyzenis albicans is consistent with classical biocontrol history.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrypon flaveolatum is a documented ichneumonid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata larvae, and its establishment in Canada alongside Cyzenis albicans is a well-known classical biocontrol case consistent with the source quote.”
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