Claim · #6493515
Lepidosaphes beckii · pest pressure · Citrus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“purple scale, Lepidosaphes beckii, controlled by Aphytis lepidosaphes”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphytis lepidosaphes is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Lepidosaphes beckii on citrus globally; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis lepidosaphes is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Lepidosaphes beckii on citrus, consistent with established biocontrol literature.”
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