Claim · #6494715
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Viteus vitifoliae, in 1878 ... causing losses in France alone of approximately the equivalent of €72 million”
- Authors
- Perry R.N., Moens M., Jones J.T.
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- CAB International
- Page
- 411
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (syn. Viteus vitifoliae) attacking Vitis vinifera roots at high severity is well-established; synonym usage and France-specific loss figure are internally consistent with the source quote.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (syn. Viteus vitifoliae) attacking grapevine roots with high severity is taxonomically and ecologically correct; phylloxera is a hemipteran, not strictly 'insect' in sensu stricto but classification as insect is conventionally acceptable.”
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