Claim · #6495049
Leptocybe invasa · pest pressure · Eucalyptus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Paper industries in India faced heavy losses due to Eucalyptus gall wasp”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 213
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leptocybe invasa is a well-documented invasive eucalyptus gall wasp that has caused major plantation damage in India since its introduction in the 2000s.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Leptocybe invasa (Eulophidae) galls young shoots and petioles of Eucalyptus and is a recognized severe pest of Indian plantations.”
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