Claim · #6495010
Toxorhynchites · biocontrol · Aedes aegypti
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“high potential for controlling container breeding vectors, such as Aedes albopictus and Ae. Aegypti”
- 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
- 291
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Toxorhynchites larval predation of container-breeding Aedes is well-established in vector biocontrol literature; adult nectarivory is also correctly characterized.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Toxorhynchites (elephant mosquito) larvae are obligate predators of other mosquito larvae including Aedes albopictus and Ae. aegypti — textbook entomology.”
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