Claim · #6495021
Calophasia lunula · biocontrol · Linaria genistifolia
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Calophasia Iunula (Hufnagel)... Toadflax brocade 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
“Calophasia lunula is a well-documented classical biocontrol agent released in North America against invasive Linaria spp. (toadflaxes), with established host-specificity testing supporting the biocontrol classification.”
- entomologist · plausible
“C. lunula (Noctuidae) is a recognized lepidopteran defoliator of Linaria spp. and was approved for release as a classical biocontrol of Dalmatian and yellow toadflax in the US/Canada.”
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