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Anagrus epos · biocontrol · Erythroneura spp.

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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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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