Claim · #6495691
Hypothenemus hampei · pest pressure · Coffea arabica
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei... a devastating pest of coffee”
- Source
- An Introduction to the Square-Necked Grain Beetle as a Predator of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawai'i
- Authors
- Kawabata A., Follett P., Wright M., Brill E., Curtiss R.T.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-40
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hypothenemus hampei is the canonical devastating coffee pest; Kona detection in 2010 is historically accurate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Coffee berry borer scolytine attacking coffee berries is textbook entomology; Hawaii 2010 introduction date is correct.”
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