Claim · #6493227
Cinara cupressivora · pest pressure · Cupressus lusitanica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphid had killed US$41 million worth of trees in Africa by 1991”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 97
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Cinara cupressivora is a known invasive pest causing severe damage to Cupressus lusitanica plantations in East Africa; the $41M damage figure by 1991 is consistent with documented outbreak history.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cinara cupressivora is a well-documented invasive aphid pest of Cupressus lusitanica in East Africa, consistent with severity=severe and the $41M damage figure from literature.”
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