Claim · #6493241
Aphidius ervi · biocontrol · Metopolophium dirhodum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphid is attacked by Aphidius ervi Haliday in southeastern Australia and Tasmania”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 95
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidius ervi is a well-documented braconid endoparasitoid of cereal aphids including M. dirhodum; source quote directly supports the interaction and regional context.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidius ervi is a well-documented endoparasitoid wasp with known host range including Metopolophium dirhodum; source quote supports the subject-object interaction direction and regional context.”
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