Claim · #6493121
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae · herbivory · Vitis vinifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphids sucked the nutrients out of the roots, killing the roots”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 30
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is a hemipteran (historically grouped with aphids) that feeds on roots (and leaves in some biotypes), causing devastating damage to Vitis vinifera; classification as 'insect' and 'herbivory' on roots/leaves is biologically supported.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is a hemipteran (not true insect order Insecta broadly but correctly classified as insect) that devastates Vitis vinifera roots; source quote supports root-feeding herbivory; leaf galls also documented.”
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