Claim · #6492292
Matsucoccus matsumurae · pest pressure · Pinus resinosa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“tree death within two to five years”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae is a documented armored scale pest of Pinus resinosa causing phloem feeding, dieback, and tree death; the 2-5 year mortality timeline is consistent with published records.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae is a known armored/pit scale on Pinus resinosa; phloem feeding causing dieback and mortality within 2-5 years is consistent with documented outbreak biology.”
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