AgroEco

Claim · #6494745

Aleurocanthus woglumi · herbivory · Citrus spp.

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Eretmocerus for citrus blackfly in Cuba (40 years)”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aleurocanthus woglumi is a well-documented high-severity citrus pest; Eretmocerus serius biocontrol in Cuba is a classic, widely cited classical biological control success spanning decades.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Aleurocanthus woglumi is a well-documented major citrus pest; Eretmocerus serius is a known parasitoid used in classical biocontrol against it, consistent with Cuban introductions.”

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