Claim · #6492163
Zonocerus variegatus · herbivory · Manihot esculenta
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“degree of damage to cassava and concerning the egg-laying behavior and egg-laying sites of the females”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 117
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Zonocerus variegatus is a well-documented cassava pest in West Africa, causing foliar herbivory during dry season; farmer observation of damage and oviposition is biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Zonocerus variegatus is a well-documented cassava foliage pest in West Africa, and dry-season defoliation by adults in southern Nigeria is consistent with established biology.”
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