Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Mealybug Destroyer
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- beneficial predator
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Cryptolaemus
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Coccinellidae | Cryptolaemus
6 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Cryptolaemus montrouzieri.
biocontrol
- This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Pseudococcidae (family) · effect: beneficial
“Mass rearing of the mealybug predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri was severely affected”
preysOnAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 143 #6493061 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Pseudococcidae (family) · effect: beneficial
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri: a review of biology, ecology, and used in biological control”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 49 #6493110 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Planococcus citri (Citrus Mealybug) · effect: beneficial
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Coleoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Coccids, pseudococcids 1917 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 5 #6495491 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Planococcus citri (Citrus Mealybug) · effect: beneficial
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Coleoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Coccids, pseudococcids 1917 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 5 #6495507 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Planococcus citri (Citrus Mealybug) · effect: beneficial
“Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Coleoptera Europe, Africa, Americas, Asia, Aus/NZ Coccids, pseudococcids 1917 L”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedvan Lenteren J.C. (2012) · The state of commercial augmentative biological control: plenty of natural enemies, but a frustrating lack of uptake · p. 5 #6495524 - This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Pseudococcidae · effect: beneficial
“The mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaem montrouzieri)... is especially voracious”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedHara A., Niino-DuPonte R. (2015) · Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Sucking Insects · p. 3 #6495665