AgroEco

Claim · #6495662

Coccinellidae · biocontrol · Aphidoidea

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

preysOn GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Predators include adult and nymphal lacewings, assassin bugs, ladybeetles”
Source
Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Sucking Insects
Authors
Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
Year
2015
Publication
UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-36
Page
1

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Coccinellidae are classic aphid predators across both larval and adult stages; biocontrol direction correct.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Ladybeetle adults and larvae are well-known aphidophagous predators; predator/prey direction correct.”

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