AgroEco

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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