Claim · #6495157
Carcelia kockiana · biocontrol · Helicoverpa armigera
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“seven tachinids as natural parasitoids of this lepidopteran pest”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 322
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Carcelia kockiana is documented in Indian biocontrol literature as a tachinid parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera; regional context and biology are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Carcelia spp. are recognized larval endoparasitoids of noctuid caterpillars; H. armigera is among reported hosts in subcontinental surveys.”
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