Claim · #6494756
Cyzenis albicans · biocontrol · Operophtera brumata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“k, parasitism by Cysenis”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata larvae; Varley & Gradwell's classic UK key-factor analysis confirms this mortality component.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cyzenis albicans is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of Operophtera brumata larvae in UK forests; the source quote and mechanism are consistent with established literature.”
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