Claim · #6495366
Cicadellidae (family) · pest pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sweet Potato Leafhoppers Leafminers”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 76
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae attacking Ipomoea batatas foliage is well-documented; sweet potato leafhopper (Empoasca spp.) is a known pest in tropical Pacific including Guam.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae family-level pest assignment for sweet potato is correct; leafhoppers are phloem/mesophyll feeders causing foliar damage. organism_type=insect correct.”
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