Claim · #6492752
Vanessa cardui · herbivory · Helianthus annuus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“caterpillars attack more than 100 species of plants, including Canada thistle, soybean, sunflower”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 203
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Vanessa cardui larvae are well-documented polyphagous feeders on >100 hosts including soybean; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly names soybean as a Vanessa cardui larval host; polyphagous caterpillar herbivory on soybean foliage is biologically consistent with known broad host range.”
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