Claim · #6495017
Agapeta zoegana · biocontrol · Centaurea maculosa
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Agapeta zoegana Linnaeus... Sulfur knapweed root moth”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 299
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agapeta zoegana is an approved classical biocontrol agent for spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) released in the western US since the 1980s.”
- entomologist · plausible
“A. zoegana (Tortricidae) larvae are root-borers of Centaurea stoebe and a documented biocontrol release in North America.”
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