Claim · #6493571
Pediobius foveolatus · biocontrol · Epilachna varivestis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“an exotic parasitoid, Pediobius foveolatus, imported from India”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 338
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pediobius foveolatus is a well-documented eulophid ectoparasitoid of Epilachna varivestis larvae, imported from India and mass-released in US soybean programs; all fields align.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pediobius foveolatus (Eulophidae) is a well-documented larval parasitoid of Epilachna varivestis, imported from India and mass-released in US soybean IPM programs.”
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