Claim · #6495657
Paracoccus marginatus · pest pressure · Carica papaya
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Preferred hosts in Hawai'i: papaya, hibiscus, and jatropha”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Sucking Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-36
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Paracoccus marginatus is well-documented papaya pest in Hawaii; quote supports preferred host list.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Papaya mealybug is a known Pseudococcidae pest with papaya, hibiscus, jatropha as preferred hosts.”
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