Claim · #6493379
Diatraea saccharalis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“new record of Tetrastichus howardi as a parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis on maize”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus howardi (Eulophidae) is a documented larval/pupal parasitoid of Crambidae borers including Diatraea saccharalis; the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus howardi (Eulophidae) is a known larval/pupal endoparasitoid of crambid stem borers including Diatraea spp.; a new host-plant record on maize in Brazil is biologically consistent.”
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