Claim · #6492361
Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“P. stratiotata was too broad a generalist to be employed as a control”
- 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 is a known aquatic pyralid moth whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum; source quote directly supports the generalist/biocontrol limitation claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata is a known aquatic pyralid moth with larvae that feed on aquatic macrophytes including M. spicatum; polyphagous habit disqualifying it for biocontrol is biologically consistent with the source quote.”
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