Claim · #6493387
Tetrastichus pyrillae · biocontrol · Pyrilla perpusilla
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tetrastichus pyrillae parasitizes 20 to 50 per cent Pyrilla eggs”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus pyrillae is a documented eulophid egg parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla in India; parasitism rates and biocontrol history align with published IPM literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus pyrillae is a documented eulophid egg parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla in Indian sugarcane; 20-50% parasitism rates and historical outbreak control are consistent with published IPM literature.”
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