Claim · #6492677
Acrosternum hilare · pest pressure · Phaseolus lunatus
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“attacks many wild and cultivated plants, including alfalfa, lima bean, peach, cotton, and soybean”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 154
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare (green stink bug) is a well-documented polyphagous pentatomid pest in the US; source quote directly lists alfalfa among its hosts.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Acrosternum hilare (green stink bug) is a well-documented polyphagous hemipteran pest in the US; its host range including alfalfa, soybean, and cotton is consistent with established entomological literature.”
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