Claim · #6493513
Aleurocanthus woglumi · pest pressure · Citrus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi, controlled by Eretmocerus serius”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 333
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aleurocanthus woglumi is a well-documented whitefly pest of Citrus spp., and Eretmocerus serius is its classical biocontrol parasitoid; source quote aligns with structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aleurocanthus woglumi (citrus blackfly) is a well-documented hemipteran pest of Citrus; Eretmocerus serius is a historically established aphelinid parasitoid used in its classical biocontrol.”
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