Claim · #6493386
Trichospilus pupivorus · biocontrol · Opisina arenosella
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“proven to be a very effective biocontrol agent against the coconut black-headed caterpillar”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Trichospilus pupivorus (Eulophidae) is a documented gregarious pupal parasitoid of Opisina arenosella in South Asia; biocontrol role and effect direction are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichospilus pupivorus is a documented eulophid gregarious pupal parasitoid of Opisina arenosella in South India; subject, object, mechanism, and direction all align correctly.”
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