Claim · #6492173
Manduca quinquemaculata · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the devastating tomato hornworm is easily controlled by physically locating the caterpillar”
- Authors
- Vandermeer J.H.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- Page
- 17
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Manduca quinquemaculata is a well-documented foliage-feeding pest of Solanum lycopersicum; source quote confirms caterpillar stage and 'devastating' severity descriptor aligns with structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Manduca quinquemaculata larvae (caterpillars) are well-documented defoliating pests of Solanum lycopersicum; stage, role, and host all align correctly.”
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