Claim · #6495383
Diaphania hyalinata · herbivory · Cucumis melo
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Flea Beetles Melonworms 1.5-3 pts/A”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 67
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diaphania hyalinata (Crambidae) melonworm is a recognized cucurbit pest in tropical regions including Guam; fruit-feeding larvae cause high-severity damage.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Melonworm larvae bore into cucurbit fruit and skeletonize foliage; tropical/subtropical pest of Cucumis melo. affected_part=fruit matches larval biology.”
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