Claim · #6492683
Ceratitis capitata · pest pressure · Citrus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“a devastating pest of fruit in tropical and subtropical parts of the world”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 131
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Ceratitis capitata is a well-documented polyphagous tephritid pest of citrus and other fruits in tropical/subtropical regions; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ceratitis capitata is a well-documented, globally significant polyphagous fruit fly pest of Citrus and many other fruits in tropical/subtropical regions; all fields align with established IPM and entomology literature.”
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