Claim · #6493565
Epidinocarsis lopezi · biocontrol · Phenacoccus manihoti
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), quickly became established”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 334
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Epidinocarsis lopezi is a well-documented encyrtid parasitoid of Phenacoccus manihoti in classical biocontrol; source quote and mechanism align correctly.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Epidinocarsis lopezi (Encyrtidae) is the well-documented classical biocontrol parasitoid of Phenacoccus manihoti in sub-Saharan Africa; taxonomy, family, and interaction direction are all correct.”
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