Claim · #6494921
Asiobaccha nubilipennis · biocontrol · Toxoptera aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Asiobaccha nubilipennis Toxoptera aurantii”
- 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
- 230
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hoverfly larvae (Syrphidae) are well-established aphidophagous predators in tea agroecosystems, and Asiobaccha nubilipennis preying on Toxoptera aurantii in India is consistent with documented syrphid-aphid trophic linkages.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Asiobaccha nubilipennis (Syrphidae) larvae are documented aphid predators and Toxoptera aurantii is the dominant aphid pest of Camellia sinensis in India, so this predator-prey association is biologically credible.”
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