Claim · #6495817
Holotrichia longipennis · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Brahmina coriacea; H. longipennis; Melolantha sp., Anomala sp.”
- 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
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Holotrichia longipennis white grub is a known soil pest of potato in Indian hills.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Holotrichia spp. larvae feed on root crops including potato; consistent with scarabaeid biology.”
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