Claim · #6493357
Metaphycus spp. · biocontrol · Coccidae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“introduced to different parts of the world as biocontrol agents against Ceroplastes or soft scales”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 135
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Metaphycus spp. (Encyrtidae) are well-documented ecto/endoparasitoids of Coccidae; global introductions for soft-scale biocontrol are taxonomically and ecologically consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Metaphycus spp. (Encyrtidae) are well-documented endoparasitoids of Coccidae soft scales; M. helvolus and M. lounsburyi are classic biocontrol agents against Ceroplastes and related genera worldwide.”
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