Claim · #6492853
Eriborus terebrans · biocontrol · Ostrinia nubilalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“only three natural enemies, Eriborus terebrans Grav., Macrocentrus grandii, and Nosema pyrausta, are frequently encountered”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriborus terebrans (Ichneumonidae) is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis in North America; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriborus terebrans (Ichneumonidae) is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Ostrinia nubilalis in North America; source quote directly supports the structured biocontrol/beneficial classification.”
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