Claim · #6495815
Agrotis segetum · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cut worm Agrotis ipsilon, A. segetum”
- Source
- Field Guide for Identification of Major Potato Pests and Diseases in Meghalaya, India
- Authors
- Ali S.
- Year
- 2018
- Publication
- International Potato Center (CIP), FoodSTART+
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agrotis segetum is a recognized cutworm pest of potato; source quote names the species.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Turnip moth larvae are established polyphagous cutworms damaging potato stems and tubers.”
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