Claim · #6496233
Aleurodicus dispersus · pest pressure · Musa spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“This whitefly has a very wide host range, such as banana”
- Source
- Pests and Diseases of Agricultural Crops in the Solomon Islands - Extension Fact Sheets
- Authors
- Tsatsia H., Jackson G.
- Publication
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Solomon Islands / IPPSI
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aleurodicus dispersus is polyphagous and recorded on banana; sap-sucking from leaves matches whitefly biology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Spiraling whitefly has very wide host range including Musa; piercing-sucking on leaves is correct feeding mode.”
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