Claim · #6495688
Copidosoma truncatellum · biocontrol · Chrysodeixis eriosoma
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“an encyrtid wasp (Copidosoma truncatellum), which has as high as 85% parasitization rate”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Chewing Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-37
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Copidosoma truncatellum is a well-known polyembryonic encyrtid parasitoid of Plusiinae loopers; high parasitism rates documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Encyrtid wasp parasitizing noctuid looper larva is biologically standard; 85% parasitization is high but reported in literature.”
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