Claim · #6493564
Microctonus aethiopoides · biocontrol · Hypera postica
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“particularly using Microctonus aethiopoides, have been made in the Midwest”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 334
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Microctonus aethiopoides is a well-documented braconid parasitoid of Hypera postica, intentionally released in the US as classical biocontrol; source quote supports Midwest introduction.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Microctonus aethiopoides is a well-documented endoparasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) released by USDA/APHIS against Hypera postica; source quote and structured fields are consistent.”
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