Claim · #6495156
Tachinidae · biocontrol · Lepidoptera
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“70% of their known host species”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 322
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tachinidae are predominantly parasitoids of Lepidoptera larvae; the ~70% figure is consistent with Stireman et al. published host-range estimates for the family.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lepidoptera dominance in Tachinidae host records is well-supported (~65-75% range across published surveys); larval endoparasitism mechanism is correct.”
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