Claim · #6496208
Chrysopidae (family) · biocontrol · Cicadellidae (family)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lacewings and their larvae feed on aphids, leafhoppers”
- Source
- Natural Enemies in Farmers' Fields
- Authors
- Luther G.C., Srinivasan R.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lacewing predation on leafhoppers is documented; quote explicitly lists leafhoppers as prey.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Chrysopid larvae prey on small soft-bodied homopterans including leafhopper nymphs.”
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