Claim · #6492293
Pineus boerneri · pest pressure · Pinus resinosa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“causes the same type of damage as M. matsumurae”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 38
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pineus boerneri (pine bark adelgid) is a confirmed phloem-feeding adelgid on Pinus resinosa; comparison to Matsucoccus matsumurae damage is ecologically coherent for bark-feeding scale/adelgid injury.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pineus boerneri is a known adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) pest of Pinus resinosa; phloem-feeding and comparison to Matsucoccus matsumurae damage is biologically consistent.”
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