Claim · #6493412
Bactrocera cucurbitae · herbivory · Cucumis melo
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“melon fly Dacus cucurbitae in California and Florida”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 229
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Bactrocera cucurbitae (syn. Dacus cucurbitae) is a well-documented cucurbit pest subject to USDA detection programs in California and Florida, consistent with source quote.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bactrocera cucurbitae (syn. Dacus cucurbitae) is a well-documented quarantine pest of Cucurbit crops including melon, with active detection programs in California and Florida confirmed by USDA records.”
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