Claim · #6492284
Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“caterpillars did have a significant negative effect on M. spicatum”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 57
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata is a known aquatic pyralid whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum; herbivory with negative effect is biologically consistent and source quote supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata (aquatic pyralid, Crambidae) larvae are well-documented aquatic herbivores on submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum; larval herbivory role and harmful direction are biologically consistent.”
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