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Claim · #6492383

Urbanus proteus · herbivory · Phaseolus vulgaris

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“the bean leafroller, Urbanus proteus”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing
Page
64

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Urbanus proteus (bean leafroller, Hesperiidae) is a well-documented defoliating pest of Phaseolus vulgaris, especially in Florida; source quote confirms species-common name pairing.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Urbanus proteus (Hesperiidae) larvae are well-documented leaf-rolling defoliators of Phaseolus vulgaris in Florida; larval herbivory on leaves is biologically consistent and direction is correct.”

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