Claim · #6493673
Pectinophora gossypiella · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“key insect pests of cotton in the West include the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 596
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly confirms Pectinophora gossypiella as a key cotton pest in the western US; boll damage by herbivory is taxonomically and ecologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pectinophora gossypiella is a well-documented key cotton boll pest in the western US; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
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