Claim · #6496048
Aphididae (family) · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leaf distortion and mottling; chlorotic leaf spots and black sooty mold”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Chili Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-784)
- Authors
- Lin S., Shieh H., Lin L., Sheu Z., Kenyon L., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphididae phloem-feeding causes leaf distortion, chlorosis, and honeydew-driven sooty mold on pepper; family-level designation is broad but accurate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphid herbivory symptoms (distortion, mottling, sooty mold from honeydew) are canonical; family-level taxon is coarse but biologically valid.”
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