Claim · #6492357
Cricotopus myriophylli · herbivory · Potamogeton natans
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“midge fed or built cases only on another watermilfoil, a pondweed (Potamogeton natans)”
- 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 (Chironomidae) feeding on Potamogeton natans as an alternative host in lab host-range tests is biologically consistent; aquatic chironomid midges are known to feed on aquatic macrophytes beyond primary hosts.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cricotopus myriophylli (Chironomidae) larvae are known aquatic herbivores; feeding/case-building on Potamogeton natans as an alternative host in lab tests is biologically consistent with the source quote.”
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