Claim · #6495670
Opogona sacchari · herbivory · Musa spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“boring into the stem and feeding on the cortex and pith”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Chewing Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-37
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Opogona sacchari larvae boring banana stems is documented; impact class high reasonable for tropical pest.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Banana moth (Tineidae) larvae bore into stems/cortex; direction and life stage correct.”
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