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Claim · #6492288

Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Ceratophyllum demersum

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“P. stratiotata fed on CeratophyUum”
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; Ceratophyllum demersum is a documented host in host-range studies, consistent with source quote.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Parapoynx stratiotata is a known aquatic pyralid whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes; Ceratophyllum demersum is a documented host in host-range studies, consistent with the larval herbivory mechanism stated.”

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