Claim · #6494996
Macrolophus pygmaeus · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“primarily feeds on whiteflies, such as greenhouse whitefly”
- 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
- 271
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Macrolophus pygmaeus is the principal augmentative mirid against Trialeurodes vaporariorum on tomato across Europe; commercially mass-reared (Mirical etc.).”
- entomologist · plausible
“Egg consumption rates of ~30-40 whitefly eggs/day by adult mirids on tomato are reported in the literature; standard IPM textbook claim.”
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