Claim · #6493453
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi · herbivory · Cucurbita pepo
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cucurbitacins... act as attractants and feeding incitants for the beetles”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 447
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi is a well-documented cucurbit pest; cucurbitacin-mediated feeding attraction is established entomological fact consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cucurbitacin-mediated attraction and feeding stimulation of Diabrotica spp. on Cucurbita is well-established; severity 'high' and herbivory on foliage are consistent with known biology.”
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