Claim · #6493356
Habrolepis dalmanni · biocontrol · Asterolecanium variolosum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“substantial or useful levels of control of golden oak scale”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 135
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Habrolepis dalmanni is a known encyrtid endoparasitoid of Asterolecanium scale insects; biocontrol success in New Zealand, Australia, and Chile is consistent with documented classical biocontrol introductions against A. variolosum.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Habrolepis dalmanni is a documented encyrtid endoparasitoid of Asterolecanium scale insects; parasitoid-scale biocontrol is biologically consistent and well-supported by classical biocontrol literature.”
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