Claim · #6494922
Betasyrphus serarius · biocontrol · Toxoptera aurantii
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Betasyrphus serarius 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
“Betasyrphus serarius is a widespread Oriental syrphid whose aphidophagous larvae are repeatedly recorded on tea aphid in Indian tea-growing regions, fitting standard biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Betasyrphus serarius larvae are confirmed predators of soft-bodied aphids including Toxoptera aurantii on tea, well-documented in South/Southeast Asian agroecosystem entomology.”
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