Claim · #6495624
Coccoidea · herbivory · Vegetable crops
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“scale, thrip, red spider, mite, and mealybugs”
- Source
- Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
- Authors
- Krauss F.G.
- Year
- 1932
- Publication
- University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
- Page
- 44
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coccoidea (scale insects) are phloem-feeding pests on foliage and stems; biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Scale insects (Coccoidea) are sap-sucking hemipterans on stems/foliage; classification correct, though sucking better than 'herbivory'.”
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