Claim · #6492917
Plathypena scabra · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae of the green clover worm (Plathypena scabra) consume on average 54 cm2 of soybean leaves”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 50
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Plathypena scabra is a well-documented soybean defoliator; 54 cm² per larva lifetime consumption is biologically reasonable and source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Plathypena scabra is a well-documented soybean defoliator; larval leaf consumption quantified as ~54 cm² is consistent with published IPM literature for this species.”
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