Claim · #6495130
Quadraspidiotus perniciosus · pest pressure · Malus domestica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Encarsia perniciosi is a host specific parasitoid of Quadraspidiotus perniciosus”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 302
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Quadraspidiotus (=Diaspidiotus) perniciosus, San Jose scale, is a major apple pest in northern India (Himachal/J&K) damaging bark and fruit; Encarsia perniciosi is its host-specific parasitoid.”
- entomologist · plausible
“San Jose scale on Malus is a well-known armored-scale pest, and Encarsia perniciosi is its specific aphelinid parasitoid; both species and the bark/fruit damage pattern are correct.”
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