Claim · #6493003
Therioaphis maculata · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“damage by spotted alfalfa aphid, Therioaphis maculata”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 151
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented specialist pest of Medicago sativa causing significant foliar damage; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Therioaphis maculata is a well-documented phloem-feeding pest of Medicago sativa, causing chlorosis and wilting; taxonomy, host, and damage type all align.”
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