Claim · #6496268
Braconidae (family) · biocontrol · Herpetogramma hipponalis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tiny (braconid) wasps are common and these control the leaf folder”
- Source
- Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets
- Authors
- Tsatsia H., Jackson G.
- Publication
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Solomon Islands / IPPSI
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Braconid parasitoids commonly attack lepidopteran larvae including leaf folders; biocontrol direction and roles biologically sound.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Braconidae are well-known larval endoparasitoids of pyralid leaf folders; source quote directly supports the parasitism claim.”
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