Claim · #6493675
Anthonomus grandis grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis, and certain plant bugs”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 596
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis as a high-severity herbivore of cotton squares and bolls in the US is taxonomically and ecologically well-established; source quote and fields are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis grandis is the correct subspecies designation for the boll weevil, a historically dominant cotton pest in Texas and Midsouth, damaging squares and bolls via herbivory.”
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