Claim · #6493645
Tetranychus urticae · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spider mites (Panonychus ulmi, Tetranychus urticae, and Aculus schlechtendali)”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 583
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Panonychus ulmi (European red mite) is a well-established phytophagous tetranychid mite pest of apple foliage, consistent with source quote listing it among spider mites.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Panonychus ulmi is a well-established phytophagous tetranychid mite on apple foliage; source quote confirms the species listing alongside other apple mites.”
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