Claim · #6493631
Anthonomus grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“females gouge out small cavities with their snouts and lay eggs”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 549
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis ovipositing in cotton squares causing bract flaring and square shedding is well-documented, consistent with the source quote and all structured fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis females use their rostrum to gouge oviposition cavities in cotton squares, causing bract flaring and square abscission — classic, well-documented boll weevil biology fully consistent with all structured fields.”
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