Claim · #6493086
Zelus spp. · biocontrol · Anthonomus grandis
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Zelus and Sinea as generalist predators against bugs, caterpillars and boll weevils”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 62
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Zelus spp. (Reduviidae) are documented generalist hemipteran predators; predation on Anthonomus grandis adults is biologically plausible and supported by the source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly names Zelus as generalist predators against boll weevils; Zelus spp. are well-documented hemipteran predators in cotton IPM contexts.”
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