Claim · #6495036
Austroterobia maldica · biocontrol · Icerya spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Parasites of Icerya species of scale insects (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 176
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pteromalid parasitoids of margarodid scales (Icerya spp.) are a recognized component of scale-insect natural enemy guilds relevant to perennial-crop biocontrol.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Austroterobia maldica (Pteromalidae) is recorded as an Icerya scale parasitoid in the systematic literature on margarodid natural enemies.”
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