Claim · #6492721
Delia platura · pest pressure · Phaseolus vulgaris
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“host range is vast, including bean, pea, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 172
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Delia platura larvae are well-documented seed and seedling feeders on Phaseolus vulgaris; source quote confirms bean as a host, consistent with affected_part and growth stage fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Delia platura larvae are well-documented seed/seedling feeders on Phaseolus vulgaris; stage assignment (larva) and affected part (seed, seedling) are biologically consistent.”
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