AgroEco

Claim · #6495634

Ophiomyia simplex · herbivory · Asparagus officinalis

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“The asparagus miner is reported in Florida, Texas, Washington, and California”
Source
Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
Authors
Krauss F.G.
Year
1932
Publication
University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
Page
59

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Ophiomyia simplex is the recognized asparagus miner; stem mining matches the species' biology.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Ophiomyia simplex (Agromyzidae) larvae mine asparagus stems — taxonomy and damage type match.”

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