Claim · #6495369
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Citrullus lanatus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Watermelon Aphids Cucumber Beetles Leafminers Leafhoppers Spider Mites”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 77
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diabrotica spp. on Citrullus lanatus is well-attested; cucumber beetles attack cucurbit foliage and fruit and vector bacterial wilt. High severity reasonable.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Diabrotica (Chrysomelidae) on watermelon is correct; adults feed on foliage/fruit, larvae on roots. organism_type=insect correct.”
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