Claim · #6495507
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri · biocontrol · Planococcus citri
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Coleoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Coccids, pseudococcids 1917 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
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (mealybug destroyer) is the canonical commercial coccinellid predator of Planococcus citri, in augmentative use since ~1917.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coccinellid (Scymninae-like) predation on mealybugs and soft scales is well documented; species, prey, and biocontrol direction match published biology.”
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