AgroEco

Claim · #6492912

Trichoplusia ni · herbivory · Phaseolus vulgaris

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“cabbage loopers Trichoplusia ni”
Authors
Dent D.
Year
2000
Publication
CABI Publishing
Page
64

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Trichoplusia ni is a documented polyphagous defoliator affecting Phaseolus vulgaris in Florida; herbivory on leaves at moderate severity is biologically consistent.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Trichoplusia ni is a well-documented polyphagous lepidopteran larval defoliator; its presence on Phaseolus vulgaris in Florida is entomologically consistent.”

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