Claim · #6492352
Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“caterpillars on a variety of species in the field in Italy”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 58
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata (Crambidae) larvae are documented aquatic herbivores feeding on submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum; broad generalist feeding matches literature and source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata (Crambidae) is a known aquatic phytophagous moth; caterpillar-stage herbivory on Myriophyllum spicatum with broad generalism is biologically consistent and supported by the source quote.”
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