AgroEco

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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