Claim · #6494912
Episyrphus balteatus · biocontrol · Aphis pomi
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“E. balteatus fed on 416 Aphis pomi (De Geer) during its development”
- 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
“Hoverfly biocontrol of apple aphid in orchards is established in temperate fruit IPM literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“The 416 Aphis pomi consumption figure for E. balteatus is a known per-larva total from classical syrphid feeding studies.”
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