Claim · #6496410
Lixophaga sphenophori · biocontrol · Rhabdoscelus obscurus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the sugar cane weevil parasite (Lixophaga sphenophori)”
- Source
- Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Handbook Series Book 7
- Page
- 26
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Same Hawaiian sugar-cane-weevil system as staging 9572; nectar-margin subsidy of Lixophaga sphenophori is a foundational conservation-biocontrol example. Beneficial direction and observational tier appropriate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lixophaga sphenophori (Tachinidae) is the established larval parasitoid of Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Curculionidae) in Hawaii. Nectar-feeding by adult tachinids enhancing fecundity is well-documented entomology.”
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