Claim · #6495498
Macrolophus pygmaeus · biocontrol · Trialeurodes vaporariorum
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Macrolophus pygmaeus (nubilis) Heteroptera Europe, Africa North and South Whiteflies 1994 L”
- Source
- The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake
- Authors
- van Lenteren J.C.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- BioControl
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Macrolophus pygmaeus is a standard mirid predator used against whiteflies and lepidopteran eggs in greenhouse tomato IPM.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Mirid heteropteran predator of Trialeurodes vaporariorum; commercial use in Europe since mid-1990s is accurate.”
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