Claim · #6495012
Octotoma scabripennis · biocontrol · Lantana camara
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Octotoma scabripennis... Lantana leaf beetle”
- 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
- 299
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Octotoma scabripennis is an established classical biocontrol agent of Lantana camara in multiple invaded regions including Hawaii and Australia.”
- entomologist · plausible
“O. scabripennis (Chrysomelidae: Hispinae) is the canonical lantana leaf-mining beetle, widely used in classical biocontrol programs.”
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