AgroEco

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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