Claim · #6494913
Episyrphus balteatus · biocontrol · Myzus persicae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Episyrphus balteatus ... Myzus persicae”
- 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
“Myzus persicae is one of the most polyphagous global aphid pests and a routine prey of E. balteatus across many crops.”
- entomologist · plausible
“E. balteatus predation on green peach aphid is among the most documented syrphid-aphid trophic links in the literature.”
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