Claim · #6495916
Diabrotica spp. · herbivory · Cucumis melo
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Preferred Hosts of Cucumber Beetles ... Cantaloupe”
- Source
- Organic Integrated Pest Management for Some Agricultural Pests
- Authors
- Baier A., Dufour R., Guerena M., Van Epen K.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- NCAT/ATTRA
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cantaloupe is a documented preferred Cucurbitaceae host of Diabrotica beetles; classification matches source.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cucumber beetles strongly prefer cucurbit hosts including cantaloupe; herbivory relationship and pest tag correct.”
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