Claim · #6493668
Aphytis melinus · biocontrol · Aonidiella aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the wasp parasitoid Aphytis melinus”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 587
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii commercially released in California citrus; biocontrol role and direction are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphytis melinus is a well-documented ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii, commercially mass-reared and released in California citrus — taxonomy, interaction direction, and role are all correct.”
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