Claim · #6495089
Helopeltis spp. · herbivory · Piper nigrum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“attacking cashew, cocoa, neem, guava, tea, black pepper”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 273
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helopeltis spp. attacks on black pepper (Piper nigrum) shoots are documented in Indian spice-crop entomology; moderate severity and shoot damage are appropriate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Helopeltis on P. nigrum is reported by Indian Institute of Spices Research and matches the polyphagous mirid host range; moderate severity with shoot herbivory is consistent.”
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