AgroEco

Claim · #6493559

Eretmocerus serius · biocontrol · Aleurocanthus woglumi

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“controlled by Eretmocerus serius, a wasp parasitoid”
Authors
Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
Year
2009
Publication
Pearson Prentice Hall
Page
333

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Eretmocerus serius (Aphelinidae) is a well-documented parasitoid of Aleurocanthus woglumi; source quote directly supports the structured biocontrol interaction.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Eretmocerus serius is a well-documented aphelinid parasitoid of Aleurocanthus woglumi; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

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