Claim · #6492585
Leptinotarsa decemlineata · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the well-known potato pest, the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 119
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leptinotarsa decemlineata is the canonical defoliating pest of Solanum tuberosum; both larvae and adults feed on foliage, fully consistent with all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Leptinotarsa decemlineata is a canonical severe defoliator of Solanum tuberosum; both larvae and adults feeding on foliage is well-established entomological fact consistent with source quote.”
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