Claim · #6495001
Feltiella acarisuga · biocontrol · Tetranychus urticae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“F. acarisuga is a spider mite predator with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution”
- 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
- 272
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Feltiella acarisuga is a near-cosmopolitan cecidomyiid larvae-only predator of tetranychid mites, mass-reared commercially against T. urticae in greenhouse crops.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Larval consumption of ~80-90 T. urticae eggs is reported; adults locate mite colonies via volatiles. Standard biocontrol textbook claim.”
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