Claim · #6495026
Rhinocyllus conicus · biocontrol · Carduus acanthoides
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich)... Thistle-head 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
“Rhinocyllus conicus is a widely deployed (and now controversial due to non-target Cirsium attack) classical biocontrol of Carduus thistles including C. acanthoides.”
- entomologist · plausible
“R. conicus (Curculionidae) larvae develop in thistle seedheads of Carduus, Cirsium and Onopordum; seedhead-weevil mechanism is canonical entomology textbook content.”
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