Claim · #6494886
Calosoma sycophanta · biocontrol · Lymantria dispar
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Calosoma sycophanta was imported from Europe to New England”
- 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
- 182
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Calosoma sycophanta importation from Europe to New England against Lymantria dispar is a textbook classical biocontrol case (USDA, ~1905).”
- entomologist · plausible
“C. sycophanta (Carabidae) is a specialist climbing predator of Lepidoptera larvae and pupae, deliberately introduced for gypsy moth control.”
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