Claim · #6493685
Agrotis ipsilon · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“pests like black cutworms, Agrotis ipsilon, when outbreaks occur”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 606
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrotis ipsilon is a well-documented cutworm pest of corn seedlings/stems in the US; therapeutic treatment during outbreaks is standard IPM practice consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Agrotis ipsilon larvae are well-documented cutworm pests of corn seedlings in the US, with established economic thresholds triggering therapeutic (rescue) treatments during outbreaks.”
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