Claim · #6492730
Melanoplus femurrubrum · herbivory · Trifolium spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“redlegged grasshoppers are very destructive pests of clover, alfalfa, and soybean”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 176
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly names alfalfa as a host of redlegged grasshopper; Melanoplus femurrubrum is a well-documented polyphagous grasshopper pest of legume forage crops in the US.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Melanoplus femurrubrum is a well-documented polyphagous grasshopper pest; source quote directly names alfalfa, supporting herbivory classification.”
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