Claim · #6494890
Stethorus punctum · biocontrol · Tetranychidae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Stethorus punctum (LeConte), selected its prey according to its quality”
- 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
- 202
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Stethorus punctum is a well-characterized specialist tetranychid predator used in apple and grape IPM programs.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. punctum (Coccinellidae: Stethorini) is an obligate spider-mite predator with documented prey-quality discrimination behavior in feeding studies.”
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