Claim · #6496437
Peristenus digoneutis · biocontrol · Lygus lineolaris
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Braconid wasp (Peristenus digoneutis)”
- 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
- 53
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Peristenus digoneutis is an established braconid parasitoid of Lygus lineolaris nymphs; biocontrol relationship correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Peristenus digoneutis (Braconidae) parasitizes Lygus nymphs; introduced to North America for tarnished plant bug control.”
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