Claim · #6493101
Eocanthecona furcellata · biocontrol · Spodoptera frugiperda
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Performance of the native predatory bug, Eocanthecona furcellata on the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda”
- 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
- 49
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eocanthecona furcellata is a well-documented pentatomid predatory bug; predation on Spodoptera larvae including S. frugiperda is biologically consistent and regionally plausible for India.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eocanthecona furcellata (Pentatomidae) is a documented generalist predatory stink bug in Asia; predation on Spodoptera larvae is biologically consistent with its known feeding ecology.”
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