Claim · #6494833
Andrallus spinidens · biocontrol · Spodoptera litura
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Andrallus spinidens (F.) is the most important predatory pentatomid”
- 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
- 136
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Andrallus spinidens is a widely cited Asiopalearctic predatory pentatomid mass-reared on Corcyra cephalonica and Spodoptera litura for augmentative biocontrol in India (Singh, Sahayaraj).”
- entomologist · plausible
“A. spinidens (Asopinae) is a textbook predatory pentatomid in Indian biocontrol programs; rearing on C. cephalonica eggs and S. litura larvae is standard methodology.”
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