Claim · #6496413
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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