Claim · #6493445
Ulmus spp. · pest pressure · Malus domestica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Eggs overwinter on elm bark... winged individuals develop in early summer and disperse to apple”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 443
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum's heteroecious lifecycle with elm as primary overwintering host and apple as secondary summer host is well-established in entomological and IPM literature; source quote directly supports the mechanism.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is a heteroecious aphid with elm as primary (sexual/overwintering egg) host and apple as secondary host; winged alates dispersing in early summer is well-documented biology.”
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