Claim · #6492957
Haemonia appendiculata · herbivory · Myriophyllum spicatum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae fed on both plant species and could cause local damage”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Haemonia appendiculata is a known aquatic chrysomelid herbivore of submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum in Europe; larval herbivory causing local but insufficient biocontrol damage is biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Haemonia appendiculata is a known aquatic chrysomelid whose larvae feed on submerged macrophytes including M. spicatum; larval herbivory causing local but insufficient biocontrol damage is biologically consistent.”
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