Claim · #6495080
Telenomus beneficiens · biocontrol · Scirpophaga nivella
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Telenomus beneficiens ex eggs of Chilo infuscatellus, C. sacchariphagus, S. nivella on sugarcane”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 271
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Telenomus beneficiens parasitism of Scirpophaga nivella eggs on sugarcane is reported in classical Indian biocontrol literature (Easwaramoorthy, Jalali) and fits the Crambidae host-range pattern.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. beneficiens is a confirmed egg parasitoid of crambid sugarcane stem borers (Chilo, Scirpophaga) in South Asia; host range and tritrophic context are entomologically sound.”
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