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Coranus siva · biocontrol · Spodoptera litura

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Helicoverpa armigera, Leptocorisa varicornis, Spodoptera litura and Utetheisa pulchella”
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

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Coranus siva is a known reduviid assassin bug predator in India; predation on Helicoverpa armigera larvae is biologically consistent with assassin bug feeding behavior.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Coranus siva is a reduviid assassin bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), known predators of lepidopteran larvae; H. armigera larvae as prey is biologically consistent with documented assassin bug predation records in India.”

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