Claim · #6495975
Samanea saman · provides refuge · Silvanidae
provides refuge · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“monkeypod (Samanea saman)... are potential host plants of flat bark beetles”
- Source
- An Introduction to the Square-Necked Grain Beetle as a Predator of Coffee Berry Borer in Hawai'i
- Authors
- Kawabata A., Follett P., Wright M., Brill E., Curtiss R.T.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-40
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Monkeypod as host for Silvanidae predatory beetles is reasonable; inferred tier appropriately reflects 'potential' wording.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Silvanidae include predatory species under bark; legume host plant association is plausible though family-level resolution is coarse.”
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