Claim · #6492296
Matsucoccus matsumurae · pest pressure · Pinus tabulaeformis
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“M. matsumurae has caused extensive injury to P. tabulaeformis”
- 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 (red pine scale) is a well-documented bark-feeding scale insect known to cause severe damage to Pinus species in East Asia; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (Margarodidae) is a documented bark-feeding scale pest of Pinus species in East Asia; the host-pest pairing and damage claim are biologically consistent.”
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