Claim · #6493494
Hypena scabra · herbivory · Glycine max
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the green cloverworm (Hypena scabra) program for soybeans. This insect defoliator”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 252
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hypena scabra (green cloverworm) is a well-documented soybean defoliator in the US Midwest; larval shake-cloth sampling is standard IPM protocol, consistent with source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Hypena scabra larvae are well-documented soybean defoliators in the US; shake-cloth sampling is standard IPM scouting for lepidopteran larvae on soybeans, and the source quote confirms the defoliator role.”
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