Claim · #6494911
Episyrphus balteatus · biocontrol · Brevicoryne brassicae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Episyrphus balteatus ... Brevicoryne brassicae”
- 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
- 232
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Episyrphus balteatus is one of the most-studied aphidophagous syrphids globally; cabbage aphid predation with high third-instar consumption is canonical.”
- entomologist · plausible
“E. balteatus larval predation on B. brassicae with the cited 84% third-instar consumption pattern matches published functional response studies.”
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