Claim · #6494879
Plutella maculipennis · herbivory · Brassica oleracea
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Plutella maculipennis (Curtis) Cabbage or Patta gobhi”
- 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
“Plutella maculipennis (now Plutella xylostella, diamondback moth) is the most damaging brassica pest globally, with cabbage as a primary host.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Plutella maculipennis is a junior synonym of P. xylostella (Plutellidae); its host-specialization on Brassicaceae including cabbage is canonical.”
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