Claim · #6492953
Parapoynx stratiotata · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“P. stratiotata was too broad a generalist to be employed as a control”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata is a known aquatic pyralid whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes including Myriophyllum spicatum; generalist status disqualifying biocontrol is well-documented.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Parapoynx stratiotata (Crambidae/Pyralidae) is a known aquatic lepidopteran with larvae feeding on submerged macrophytes including Myriophyllum; generalist status disqualifying biocontrol is biologically consistent with source quote.”
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