Claim · #6494893
Coleomegilla maculata · biocontrol · Trichoplusia ni
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae of ladybird, C. maculata, can discriminate between the eggs of Trichoplusia ni”
- 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
- 203
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coleomegilla maculata is well known as both an aphid and lepidopteran egg predator in North American agroecosystems, including documented feeding on Trichoplusia ni eggs.”
- entomologist · plausible
“C. maculata larvae predating T. ni eggs and discriminating among prey eggs is supported by Hoy and other behavioral-ecology studies on facultative egg predation.”
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