Claim · #6496166
Helicoverpa armigera · herbivory · Capsicum annuum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Commonly observed insects are fruitworm, whitefly, aphids, mites, thrips”
- Source
- Grafting Sweet Peppers for Production in the Hot-Wet Season
- Authors
- Palada M.C., Wu D.-L.
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, International Cooperators' Guide, Publication 09-722-e
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helicoverpa armigera fruitworm attacks Capsicum fruit; lifecycle role (larva) implied by fruit-boring damage pattern.”
- entomologist · plausible
“H. armigera larvae bore pepper fruit; however source quote says 'fruitworm' generically without specifying species — moderate evidence.”
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