Claim · #6734854
Bacillus thuringiensis · biocontrol · Erionota thrax
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Banana Banana skipper ... DIPEL DF Biological Insecticide”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 32
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Banana skipper (Erionota thrax) is a recognized banana lepidopteran pest in the Pacific; Bt kurstaki controlling lepidopteran larvae is mechanistically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Erionota thrax (Hesperiidae) larvae are lepidopteran and susceptible to Bt Cry1 toxins; banana skipper is the standard common name. Species inference is appropriate.”
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