Claim · #6495027
Dialectica scalariella · biocontrol · Echium plantagineum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Dialectica scalariella (Zeller)... Echium leaf miner”
- 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
“Dialectica scalariella was released in Australia as a biocontrol agent against Echium plantagineum (Paterson's curse) with documented field establishment.”
- entomologist · plausible
“D. scalariella (Gracillariidae) is a leaf-mining moth of Boraginaceae including Echium spp.; both the family-level mining mechanism and host association are correct.”
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