Claim · #6492356
Cricotopus myriophylli · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“At high chironomid densities M. spicatum cannot reach the water surface”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 59
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cricotopus myriophylli is a documented chironomid midge whose larvae feed on Myriophyllum spicatum meristems; herbivory mechanism and density-dependent surface-reach suppression are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cricotopus myriophylli (Chironomidae) is a documented herbivorous midge whose larvae mine Myriophyllum spicatum meristems; source quote supports the herbivory direction and density-dependent impact.”
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