Claim · #6495113
Telenomus remus · biocontrol · Spodoptera exigua
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“T. remus is also reported from the eggs of S. litura and S. exigua”
- 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 remus is broadly host-shared across Spodoptera spp. including S. exigua, supporting use against multi-Spodoptera pest complexes in vegetable and field-crop systems.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spodoptera exigua eggs are within the documented host range of Telenomus remus per multiple review papers (Pomari-Fernandes et al. 2015); the rearing record is standard.”
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