Claim · #6493409
Oulema melanopus · herbivory · Triticum aestivum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cereal leaf beetle (Oulema melanopus)”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 211
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Oulema melanopus is a well-documented defoliating pest of Triticum aestivum and other small grains in the US; larval leaf skeletonization matches 'herbivory' on 'leaves'.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Oulema melanopus is a well-documented leaf-feeding pest of wheat and other small grains in the US; larval and adult herbivory on leaves is taxonomically and ecologically consistent.”
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