Claim · #6495417
Aphidoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tomato Insects, Mites and Nematodes Aphids”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 205
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphidoidea are well-established tomato pests; Guam pesticide guide listing them is biologically standard. Foliage damage matches phloem-feeding aphid biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidoidea superfamily includes multiple aphid species (Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Myzus persicae) that are canonical tomato pests; foliage damage from phloem feeding is correct.”
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