Claim · #6495939
Peristenus spp. · biocontrol · Lygus hesperus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Anaphes ioles & Peristenus sp.”
- 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
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Peristenus species are documented braconid parasitoids of Lygus nymphs.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Peristenus (Braconidae) nymphal parasitoids of Lygus hesperus are well-documented biocontrol agents.”
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