Claim · #6495103
Chilo tumidicostalis · herbivory · Saccharum officinarum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“recovered from Plassey borer, Chilo tumidicostalis”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 275
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chilo tumidicostalis (Plassey borer) is the recognised sugarcane stem borer of West Bengal/eastern India; species, host, and damage site are all correctly assigned.”
- entomologist · plausible
“C. tumidicostalis (Crambidae) is the canonical Plassey borer of sugarcane internodes in eastern India; stem boring as the affected_part is exactly correct.”
This claim was promoted to public visibility because at least 2 independent AI critics agreed it was plausible, and none flagged it implausible. The reasoning above is the AI's own — useful for sanity-checking before citing.
Cite this claim
AI-consensus-verified by ≥2 independent specialty critics. Verify against the verbatim quote above before publishing or citing.