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Claim · #6492287

Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Potamogeton spp.

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“P. stratiotata fed on a number of pondweeds (Potamogeton spp.)”
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 aquatic macrophytes including Potamogeton spp.; source quote directly supports the herbivory interaction.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Parapoynx stratiotata is a well-documented aquatic pyralid whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes including Potamogeton spp.; larval herbivory mechanism matches life-stage and source quote directly supports the claim.”

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