Claim · #6492870
Matsucoccus matsumurae · herbivory · Pinus massoniana
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“killed 97 percent of the scales in one heavily infested stand of P. massoniana”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 44
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (red pine scale) feeding on Pinus massoniana as a sap-feeding herbivore is biologically consistent; the source quote directly supports the harmful herbivory interaction and heavy infestation magnitude.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (red pine scale, Margarodidae) is a known sap-feeding pest of Pinus spp. including P. massoniana; herbivory/harmful direction is correct and source quote supports heavy infestation in Japan field context.”
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