Claim · #6492875
Matsucoccus matsumurae · herbivory · Pinus densiflora
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“M. matsumurae has caused extensive injury to Pinus densiflora”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (red pine scale) is a well-documented phloem-feeding mealybug on Pinus densiflora, with severe outbreaks recorded in China; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (Margarodidae) is a known bark-feeding scale pest of Pinus densiflora; source quote directly supports the structured herbivory claim on bark/phloem.”
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