Claim · #6495024
Neohydronomus affinis · biocontrol · Pistia stratiotes
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Neohydronomus affinis Hustache... Water lettuce weevil”
- 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
“Neohydronomus affinis is one of the most successful classical aquatic-weed biocontrols globally, providing widespread suppression of Pistia stratiotes in Africa, Australia, and the Americas.”
- entomologist · plausible
“N. affinis (Curculionidae) larvae mine and adults feed on Pistia stratiotes leaves; host-specific weevil with extensive biocontrol-release records.”
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