Claim · #6493562
Aphytis maculicornis · biocontrol · Parlatoria oleae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“controlled by Aphytis maculicornis and Coccophagoides utilis”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 334
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphytis maculicornis is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Parlatoria oleae; source quote directly supports the structured biocontrol interaction and effect direction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis maculicornis is a well-documented ectoparasitoid wasp of Parlatoria oleae (olive scale), consistent with established biocontrol literature.”
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