Claim · #6494825
Stephanitis typica · herbivory · Cocos nucifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“coconut and banana lace bug (Stephanitis typica (Distant)) in India”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Stephanitis typica is a confirmed tingid pest on Cocos nucifera and Musa spp. in India, also implicated as a vector of coconut root (wilt) phytoplasma.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. typica's host range on coconut and banana in southern India is well-documented (Mathen, Nair); its lace-bug feeding produces characteristic chlorotic flecking.”
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