Claim · #6495385
Helicoverpa zea · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tomato Hornworms Fruitworms”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Manduca quinquemaculata (Sphingidae) is a classical tomato hornworm; larval defoliation of Solanum lycopersicum well-documented; severity high accurate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tomato hornworm larvae cause severe defoliation of tomato; M. quinquemaculata is a labeled tomato pest. Larva-as-pest correctly captured in herbivory damage_type.”
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