Claim · #6492590
Agrilus anxius · herbivory · Betula papyrifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the bronze birch borer, Agrilus anxius, especially affects white or paper birch trees”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 117
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrilus anxius is a well-documented buprestid borer of Betula papyrifera; source quote directly supports the structured pest-crop pairing and affected parts.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Agrilus anxius (Buprestidae) is a well-documented xylophagous pest of Betula papyrifera; larvae bore under bark causing dieback, consistent with trunk/bark herbivory fields.”
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