Claim · #6494028
Cryptochaetum iceryae · biocontrol · Icerya purchasi
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“They encountered two, a parasitic fly and a beetle”
- Authors
- Vandermeer J.H.
- Year
- 2009
- Page
- 213
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cryptochaetum iceryae (Diptera: Cryptochaetidae) is a well-documented parasitoid of Icerya purchasi in Australia, co-introduced with Rodolia cardinalis for biocontrol; source quote and mechanism are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cryptochaetum iceryae (Diptera: Cryptochaetidae) is a well-documented larval endoparasitoid of Icerya purchasi in Australia, consistent with all structured fields and the source quote.”
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