Scirpophaga incertulas

Category: invertebrate
Primary role: pest insect
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scirpophaga

External: GBIF #1881293

3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.

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biocontrol 2 claims

This entity is the object of biocontrol by Trichogramma japonicum · effect: beneficial

“Trichogramma japonicum, an egg parasite of internode borer”

parasitoidOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

Das B.C., et al. (2021) · Parasitoids in Pest Management · p. 182 #6495047
This entity is the object of biocontrol by Telenomus dignus · effect: beneficial

“Ex. eggs of Scirpophaga nivella, Scirpophaga incertulas”

preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

Das B.C., et al. (2021) · Parasitoids in Pest Management · p. 269 #6495106

pest pressure 1 claim

This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Oryza sativa (Asian rice) · effect: harmful

“sheath blight (8.75%) and stem borers (8.75%) in China”

eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A. (2019) · The global burden of pathogens and pests on major food crops · p. 5 #6495333

Genus-level evidence

1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Scirpophaga sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Scirpophaga incertulas.

herbivory · Scirpophaga spp. → Oryza sativa · effect: harmful

“This practice is partly an attempt to avoid damage by rice stem borers”

Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 127 #6492160

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