Claim · #6492885
Lestodiplosis spp. · biocontrol · Adelges tsugae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“collectively killed more than 98 percent of the adelgid eggs”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 45
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Pseudoscymnus spp. (Coccinellidae) as adelgid egg predators in Japan is well-documented; 98% egg mortality figure is biologically plausible for multi-predator guild effects on Adelges tsugae.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pseudoscymnus spp. are documented coccinellid predators of Adelges tsugae in Japan; high egg predation rates at forest sites vs. ornamental sites is biologically consistent with natural enemy conservation literature.”
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