Aphytis melinus
- Category
- other
- Primary role
- unclassified
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Aphelinidae
- Genus
- Aphytis
External: GBIF #1364706
4 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Aphytis melinus.
biocontrol 4 claims
- This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Diaspididae (family) · effect: beneficial
“In A. melinus, host-feeding benefits both longevity and fecundity, but only if sugar meals are present as well”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 75 #6492547 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale) · effect: beneficial
“Dynamic host feeding by the parasitoid Aphytis melinus”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 92 #6492627 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale) · effect: beneficial
“the wasp parasitoid Aphytis melinus”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale) · effect: beneficial
“common biparental ectoparasitoid of Aonidiella aurantii”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Genus-level evidence
2 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Aphytis sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Aphytis melinus.
- biocontrol · Aphytis spp. → Aonidiella aurantii · effect: beneficial
“Aphytis species used on about 4,450 hectares against California red scale”
- biocontrol · Aphytis → Diaspididae · effect: beneficial
“ectoparasitoids of diaspidid scales, the most widely used in applied biocontrol”