Claim · #6492876
Matsucoccus matsumurae · herbivory · Pinus thunbergiana
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“M. matsumurae has caused extensive injury to ... P. thunbergiana”
- 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 is a documented armored scale pest of Pinus spp. feeding on bark/phloem; source quote directly supports the structured fields and China regional context.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Matsucoccus matsumurae (red pine scale) is a known mealybug-related scale pest of Pinus spp. including P. thunbergiana, with documented outbreaks in China; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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