Claim · #6493561
Aphytis lepidosaphes · biocontrol · Lepidosaphes beckii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“controlled by Aphytis lepidosaphes, a wasp parasitoid”
- 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 wasp of Lepidosaphes beckii (purple scale) on citrus; mechanism, direction, and classification are all correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis lepidosaphes is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Lepidosaphes beckii (purple scale) on citrus; source quote, mechanism, and effect direction all align correctly.”
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