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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