Claim · #6494964
Galendromus occidentalis · biocontrol · Tetranychus pacificus
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tetranychus mcdanieli McGregor, and Tetranychus pacificus”
- 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
- 262
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“T. pacificus is within G. occidentalis's documented Tetranychus prey range in western US perennial crops; standard IPM literature supports this.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predation by G. occidentalis on T. pacificus is consistent with its specialist Tetranychus prey range; source quote enumerates the prey species.”
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