Claim · #6495910
Phthorimaea operculella · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Colorado beetle, Phthorimaea operculella, etc.”
- Source
- Crop losses to pests
- Authors
- Oerke E.-C.
- Year
- 2006
- Publication
- Journal of Agricultural Science
- Page
- 37
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Potato tuber moth is a recognized global potato pest attacking tubers and foliage.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phthorimaea operculella larvae mine tubers and leaves; affected_part tubers is accurate.”
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