Claim · #6495737
Omphisa anastomosalis · pest pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“vine borer, Omphisa anastomasalis...second most important insect pest in sweetpotato”
- Source
- Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i
- Authors
- Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton
- Year
- 1994
- Publication
- CTAHR Research Extension Series 146
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Omphisa anastomosalis vine borer is recognized major sweetpotato pest; impact and affected parts accurate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Crambidae vine borer Omphisa anastomosalis larvae tunnel vines/crown causing substantial yield reduction.”
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