Claim · #6495025
Epiblema strenuana · biocontrol · Ambrosia artemisiifolia
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Epiblema strenuana (Walker)... Ragweed borer”
- 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
“Epiblema strenuana was released in Australia for biocontrol of Parthenium hysterophorus and also attacks Ambrosia spp.; its biocontrol role against Ambrosia/Parthenium is well established.”
- entomologist · plausible
“E. strenuana (Tortricidae) is a stem-boring moth with documented host range in Asteraceae including Ambrosia artemisiifolia; the stem-borer mechanism is accurate.”
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