Claim · #6496086
Leucinodes orbonalis · pest pressure · Solanum melongena
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bore holes appear on shoots and fruits.”
- Source
- How to Grow Brinjal (Eggplant)
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Bulletin
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leucinodes orbonalis is the key eggplant fruit/shoot borer in South Asia; affected parts and damage match.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Larval Leucinodes orbonalis bores shoots then fruits causing frass-filled cavities; source quote supports.”
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