Claim · #6493359
Anagyrus kamali · biocontrol · Ferrisia virgata
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“F. virgata, M. hirsutus, N. viridis, P. solenopsis, P. citri”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 136
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anagyrus kamali is a documented encyrtid endoparasitoid of multiple mealybug species including Ferrisia virgata; host range and mechanism align with published biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anagyrus kamali is a well-documented encyrtid endoparasitoid of pseudococcid mealybugs; all five listed hosts (Ferrisia virgata, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Nipaecoccus viridis, Phenacoccus solenopsis, Planococcus citri) are pseudococcids, consistent with known host range.”
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