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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