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Ceratovacuna lanigera · pest pressure · Saccharum officinarum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“the sugarcane woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera”
Authors
Das B.C., et al.
Year
2021
Publication
Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
Page
300

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Ceratovacuna lanigera (sugarcane woolly aphid) is a well-known and economically severe foliar pest of Saccharum officinarum in India and South-East Asia.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Ceratovacuna lanigera (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Hormaphidinae) is a major sugarcane woolly aphid causing severe leaf damage in India, especially after its 2002 outbreak in Karnataka and Maharashtra.”

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