Claim · #6492578
Blissus leucopterus · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus, which has been a devastating pest of wheat, corn”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 110
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Blissus leucopterus is a well-documented hemipteran pest of cereals in the US; source quote directly supports the structured fields including crop, pest identity, and severity.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Blissus leucopterus is a well-documented sap-sucking hemipteran pest of wheat and cereals in the US; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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