Claim · #6495692
Hypothenemus obscurus · pest pressure · Macadamia integrifolia
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“tropical nut borer (TNB), H. obscurus”
- 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
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hypothenemus obscurus is a recognized pest of macadamia nuts in Hawaii; consistent with extension literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tropical nut borer attacking macadamia nuts is documented; scolytine boring beetle behavior matches affected_part=nut.”
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