Claim · #6494976
Stethorus gilvifrons · biocontrol · Tetranychidae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“common in the fields of sugarcane, date palm, and castor bean, and it is a good candidate for biocontrol”
- 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
- 265
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Stethorus gilvifrons is a well-documented Mediterranean coccinellid predator of tetranychid mites in the listed crops, consistent with biocontrol literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Stethorus spp. are obligate spider-mite predators with documented egg preference; the species-host pairing matches Mediterranean entomological records.”
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