Busseola fusca
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pest insect
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Busseola
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Lepidoptera | Noctuidae | Busseola
External: GBIF #1768564
6 AI-consensus-verified claims across 3 interaction categories.
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biocontrol 1 claim
- This entity is the object of biocontrol by Cotesia sesamiae · effect: beneficial
“Border grasses also enhance the parasitisation of stemborers by the wasp Cotesia semamiae”
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. 46 #6492505
herbivory 3 claims
- This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“habitat management system to control stem borers and striga...planted together with maize”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedRickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F. (2004) · Agroecosystems Analysis · p. 55 #6492134 - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“numbers of maize plants damaged by the stalkborer Busseola fusca were counted on each farm”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of herbivory on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Yield loss due to Busseola fusca infestation”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pest pressure 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“Napier grass and Sudan grass attracting stemborer colonisation”
eats ✓ 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. 46 #6492502 - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: harmful
“numbers of maize plants damaged by the stalkborer Busseola fusca were counted”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed