Claim · #6492744
Anticarsia gemmatalis · herbivory · Medicago sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae are key defoliators of soybean, velvetbean, peanut, alfalfa, and cowpea”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 201
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Anticarsia gemmatalis larvae are well-documented key defoliators of legumes including velvetbean; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly names velvetbean as a host; Anticarsia gemmatalis as a legume defoliator on Mucuna pruriens is well-established and biologically consistent.”
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