Claim · #6495037
Cephaleta brunniventris · biocontrol · Asterolecanium spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Parasites of Asterolecanium species in Asterolecaniidae”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 176
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cephaleta is a known pteromalid genus attacking Asterolecanium pit scales and pseudococcid mealybugs, both common pests in orchard and ornamental systems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cephaleta brunniventris is documented as an endoparasitoid of pit scales (Asterolecaniidae) and mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) in Pteromalidae host catalogs.”
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