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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