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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