Claim · #6495210
Colias eurytheme · herbivory · Medicago sativa
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“temperature drives voltinism in pierid species including alfalfa butterfly”
- Authors
- Halsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Voltinism shifts under warming are well-documented in pierids; herbivory pressure shift on alfalfa is reasonable inference. Confidence/evidence tier appropriately conservative.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Colias eurytheme is a multivoltine pierid alfalfa pest; temperature-driven voltinism is standard insect physiology (degree-day accumulation). Mechanism sound.”
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