Claim · #6495679
Rhabdoscelus obscurus · herbivory · Saccharum officinarum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the larvae (grubs) tunnel through the host plant's stem”
- 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
- 11
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rhabdoscelus obscurus larvae bore sugarcane and palm stems; major Pacific pest.”
- entomologist · plausible
“New Guinea sugarcane weevil grubs tunnel host stems; well-established feeding biology.”
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