Claim · #6492669
Cephus cinctus · pest pressure · Triticum aestivum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus, which is found in the Great Plains area”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 134
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cephus cinctus is a well-documented stem-boring pest of wheat in the Great Plains; source quote supports geographic and host-crop assignment.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cephus cinctus (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) is a well-documented stem-boring pest of wheat in the Great Plains; taxonomy, host, affected part, and regional context are all consistent.”
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