Claim · #6495031
Epinotia lantana · biocontrol · Lantana camara
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lantana flower-cluster moth, Epinotia lantana (Busck)”
- 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
- 300
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Epinotia lantana (often cited as Epinotia lantanae) was part of Hawaii's early Lantana biocontrol program targeting flowers/inflorescences.”
- entomologist · plausible
“E. lantana (Tortricidae) larvae feed in Lantana flower clusters; tortricid flower-feeder biology is consistent and host association is documented.”
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