Claim · #6494834
Eocanthecona furcellata · biocontrol · Lepidoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“good for minimizing the population of poplar defoliator”
- 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
- 139
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eocanthecona furcellata is a well-documented Asopinae generalist predator of lepidopteran caterpillars, deployed against Spodoptera, Helicoverpa and notodontid defoliators in South Asia.”
- entomologist · plausible
“E. furcellata's broad lepidopteran prey range and morphological adaptation (stout rostrum/labium for piercing prey) are textbook Asopinae traits; predation on C. fulgurita is documented in poplar IPM.”
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