Claim · #6495671
Opogona sacchari · herbivory · Solanum melongena
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Host plants include tropical crops such as banana, eggplant, pineapple”
- 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 is polyphagous; eggplant listed among hosts in source quote, moderate impact reasonable.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Polyphagous banana moth attacks listed tropical hosts including eggplant; source supports.”
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