Claim · #6495160
Paratheresia menezesi · biocontrol · Rhynchophorus palmarum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“for the biocontrol of the coleopteran pest species, Rhynchophorus palmarum”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 322
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Paratheresia menezesi is documented in Brazilian biocontrol programs against Rhynchophorus palmarum; tachinid attack on coleopteran hosts is uncommon but well-established for this genus on palm weevils.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Paratheresia spp. (Tachinidae: Dexiinae) are among the few tachinids parasitizing Curculionidae; R. palmarum biocontrol via Paratheresia is documented in Brazil.”
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