Claim · #6495933
Trichopoda pennipes · biocontrol · Anasa tristis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Trichopode pennipes (Big Foot Fly), a parasite of squash bugs”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Trichopoda pennipes is a well-documented tachinid parasitoid of squash bugs and other coreids.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Trichopoda pennipes is the canonical parasitoid of Anasa tristis; minor source-spelling variant doesn't affect identity.”
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