Claim · #6493449
Eriosoma lanigerum · herbivory · Ulmus spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wingless females begin parthenogenetically reproducing at a rapid rate on elm trees”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 443
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is a heteroecious aphid with elm as its primary winter host; parthenogenetic reproduction on elm in spring is well-documented biology.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Eriosoma lanigerum is a heteroecious aphid with elm as its primary overwintering/sexual host; parthenogenetic spring reproduction on elm bark is textbook lifecycle biology.”
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