Claim · #6494838
Podisus maculiventris · biocontrol · Coleoptera (order)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“generalist predator of over 100 species of insects, including approximately 50 different crop pests”
- 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
- 141
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Podisus maculiventris is one of the most thoroughly documented generalist asopine predators globally, with ~100+ recorded prey species spanning Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larvae.”
- entomologist · plausible
“The spined soldier bug's broad prey list (Colorado potato beetle, Mexican bean beetle, fall armyworm, etc.) and its commercial use as a biocontrol agent are textbook entomology; numbers cited are consistent with published reviews.”
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