Claim · #6494767
Anagrus epos · biocontrol · Erythroneura spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“early appearance of the parasitoid Anagrus epos of the grape feeding leafhoppers”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“The Anagrus epos / Edwardsiana prunicola alternative-host bridging is the canonical Doutt and Nakata (1965) prune-vineyard study — landmark agroecological habitat-bridging example.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anagrus epos (Mymaridae) parasitism of Erythroneura grape leafhoppers and dependence on prune-tree leafhopper alternate hosts is established from Doutt's classical work; species-level taxonomy now sometimes splits A. epos but ecology stands.”
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