Claim · #6495391
Coccoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Persea americana
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Avocado Scales Thrips Whiteflies”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coccoidea scale insects are established pests of Persea americana; branch/twig infestation is the typical damage pattern. Superfamily-level designation appropriate for extension labeling.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Scale insects (Coccoidea) commonly infest avocado branches and twigs as sessile phloem-feeders; the affected_part 'branches' aligns with armored/soft scale biology on woody hosts.”
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