Claim · #6494802
Anthonomus grandis · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Anthonomas grandis”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 310
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Boll weevil is the historically most economically destructive cotton pest in the Americas, even after eradication programs; severity rating is appropriate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Anthonomus grandis (Curculionidae) oviposits in cotton squares and bolls; iconic American cotton pest despite the source quote's spelling typo (Anthonomas).”
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