Claim · #6495503
Trichogramma dendrolimi · biocontrol · Lepidoptera spp.
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
parasitoidOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Trichogramma dendrolimi Hymenoptera Europe, Asia Lepidopterans 1950 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 dendrolimi egg parasitism of lepidopteran pests is widely documented in Chinese and European augmentative biocontrol programs.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichogrammatidae are obligate egg parasitoids of Lepidoptera; T. dendrolimi targeting lep eggs matches species biology.”
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