Claim · #6495512
Aphidoletes aphidimyza · biocontrol · Myzus persicae
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphidoletes aphidimyza Diptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia Aphids 1989 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
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidoletes aphidimyza is a standard predatory cecidomyiid larva used commercially against aphid colonies including Myzus persicae.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Predatory dipteran larva (Cecidomyiidae) attacking aphid colonies is well-documented; adult is non-predaceous, but larval mechanism is stated correctly.”
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