Claim · #6492915
Diatraea saccharalis · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda, Diatraea saccharalis, D. lineolata and D. grandiosella have been inoculated on to maize”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 63
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Spodoptera frugiperda larvae are well-documented maize pests causing leaf/stem herbivory; source quote confirms larval inoculation on maize, consistent with structured fields.”
- agroecologist · implausible
“Severity 'moderate' is an underclassification; FAW is a major/severe maize pest globally, and 'leaves/stems' omits the critical whorl/ear feeding damage characteristic of S. frugiperda.”
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