Claim · #6495148
Eriaphytis · biocontrol · Coccidae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“endoparasitic on scale insects belonging to Cerococcidae and Coccidae”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 301
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriaphytis as endoparasitoid of soft scales (Coccidae) and Cerococcidae is consistent with published Aphelinidae host catalogs; biocontrol relevance is real though species is less prominent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriaphytis endoparasitism of Coccidae and Cerococcidae is documented in aphelinid taxonomic monographs; claim is biologically sound at family level.”
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