Claim · #6495495
Trichogramma pretiosum · biocontrol · Lepidoptera spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Trichogramma pretiosum Hymenoptera North and Latin America, Aus Lepidopterans 1974 L”
- Source
- The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake
- Authors
- van Lenteren J.C.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- BioControl
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Trichogramma pretiosum is a well-known commercial egg parasitoid of Lepidoptera; classification and biocontrol role are correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“T. pretiosum (Trichogrammatidae) is a documented egg parasitoid of lepidopteran pests, widely commercialized since the 1970s.”
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