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Apanteles rubecula · biocontrol · Pieris rapae

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“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

    “Apanteles/Cotesia rubecula is a specialist larval parasitoid of Pieris rapae; quote supports the parasitoid identity despite spelling variant rebecula/rubecula.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Cotesia (formerly Apanteles) rubecula is a documented specialist larval endoparasitoid of Pieris rapae; biocontrol direction correct.”

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