Claim · #6493388
Tetrastichus howardi · biocontrol · Diatraea saccharalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“locate and parasitize this stem borer inside the galleries formed within sugarcane stems”
- 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 is a well-documented eulophid pupal parasitoid of Diatraea saccharalis in Brazilian sugarcane; gallery-foraging behavior and host location are consistent with known biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus howardi is a well-documented eulophid pupal parasitoid of lepidopteran stem borers including Diatraea saccharalis in Brazil; mechanism and host match training-data knowledge.”
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