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Claim · #6495159

Exorista japonica · biocontrol · Helicoverpa armigera

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“seven tachinids as natural parasitoids”
Authors
Das B.C., et al.
Year
2021
Publication
Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
Page
322

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Exorista japonica is a documented tachinid parasitoid of H. armigera and other noctuids in Asia; the India regional context is consistent with published surveys.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Exorista japonica's larval-endoparasitoid biology and host range across Helicoverpa, Mythimna and other noctuids is widely reported; the claim is consistent with the literature.”

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