Claim · #6495082
Scirpophaga nivella · herbivory · Saccharum officinarum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Ex. egg mass of Scirpophaga nivella on sugarcane”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 269
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Scirpophaga nivella is a recognized stem borer of sugarcane in India; severity 'moderate' and stem-affected-part assignment are accurate per Indian sugarcane-pest compendia.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Scirpophaga nivella (Crambidae) top borer is a textbook sugarcane stem borer in the Indian subcontinent; herbivory damage type and stem affected-part are correctly assigned.”
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