Claim · #6495365
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Cucurbita maxima
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Squash, Winter Aphids Cucumber Beetles Caterpillars Leafminers Spider Mites”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 76
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. on Cucurbita maxima is documented; cucumber beetles attack all cultivated Cucurbita. Source quote 'Squash, Winter ... Cucumber Beetles' supports.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica are documented winter squash pests with foliar and fruit-rind damage plus bacterial wilt vectoring. Insect classification and herbivory mode correct.”
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