Claim · #6494878
Phthorimaea operculella · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) Potato or Aalu, Tobacco”
- 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
- 195
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phthorimaea operculella (potato tuber moth) is a globally significant solanaceous pest of potato and tobacco, with high confidence in host-range literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phthorimaea operculella (Gelechiidae) is a textbook polyphagous solanaceous pest documented on Solanum tuberosum and Nicotiana tabacum worldwide.”
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