Encarsia formosa
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- unclassified
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Aphelinidae
- Genus
- Encarsia
External: GBIF #1365418
10 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Encarsia formosa.
biocontrol 10 claims
- This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“parasite-host relationship between Encarsia formosa and Trialeurodes vaporariorum”
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. 99 #6492629 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“In some parasitoids, such as Encarsia formosa, males are produced as a result of superparasitism”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 141 #6493052 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“Whitefly and its parasite, Encarsia formosa”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 148 #6493063 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“parasitoids, Encarsia formosa and Aphidius matricariae, against whiteflies”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa has been used commercially since 1970”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“best used for preventing the establishment of the greenhouse whitefly”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Bemisia tabaci (Cotton whitefly, Sweet potato whitefly, Tobacco Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“can parasitise the sweet potato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“Encarsia formosa Hymenoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Whiteflies 1926 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 6 #6495483 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“Encarsia formosa Hymenoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Whiteflies 1926 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 6 #6495485 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Glasshouse Whitefly) · effect: beneficial
“Encarsia formosa Hymenoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Whiteflies 1926 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 6 #6495501
Genus-level evidence
1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Encarsia sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Encarsia formosa.
- biocontrol · Encarsia spp. → Aleurodicus dispersus · effect: beneficial
“Encarsia spp. (Aphelinidae) and Aleuroctonus vittatus... are highly effective against SWF”
Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R. (2015) · Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Sucking Insects · p. 14 #6495666