Claim · #6495133
Pemphigus · pest pressure · Populus spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“specific parasitoid of gall-making aphids of the genus Pemphigus on poplar trees”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 302
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pemphigus spp. are documented gall-forming aphids on Populus shoots/leaves with aphelinid/braconid parasitoids; their occurrence on Indian poplars is consistent with the host genus' Holarctic distribution.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Pemphigus (Aphididae: Eriosomatinae) form characteristic petiole/leaf galls on Populus and have specialist parasitoids; the genus-level assignment to poplar gall pests is correct.”
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