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Trichogramma evanescens · biocontrol · Pieris rapae

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

parasitoidOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“cabbage butterflies are the preferred host for two parasites (Trichogramma evanescens and Apanteles rebecula)”
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
25

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Trichogramma evanescens is a well-known egg parasitoid attacking Pieris rapae on Brassica crops; direction and roles are correct.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Trichogramma evanescens (Trichogrammatidae) parasitizes lepidopteran eggs including Pieris rapae; biocontrol role and stage (egg) are accurate.”

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