Claim · #6492728
Delia platura · pest pressure · Allium cepa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“host range is vast, including bean, pea, corn, cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, turnip, radish, and onion”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 172
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Delia platura larvae are well-documented seed/seedling feeders with broad host range; source quote confirms spinach as a host, consistent with structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Delia platura is a well-documented polyphagous seed/seedling pest; source quote confirms spinach in its broad host range, consistent with affected_part and growth stage fields.”
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