Claim · #6495053
Pyrilla perpusilla · pest pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tetrastichus pyrillae and T. ayyari for Pyrilla perpusilla on sugarcane”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 214
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pyrilla perpusilla is a classic sugarcane planthopper pest in the Indian subcontinent with well-known Tetrastichus egg parasitoid biocontrol agents.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetrastichus pyrillae and T. ayyari are documented eulophid egg parasitoids of Pyrilla perpusilla, used historically in Indian sugarcane IPM.”
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