Claim · #6496403
Manduca sexta · herbivory · Nicotiana tabacum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“intensified its predation of cotton leafworms and tobacco hornworms”
- Source
- Manage Insects on Your Farm: A Guide to Ecological Strategies
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Nicholls C.I., Fritz M.A.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Handbook Series Book 7
- Page
- 25
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Manduca sexta is a well-known tobacco specialist; Polistes annularis predation of hornworms is documented. Quote supports wasp predation; herbivory/foliage/moderate impact consistent. Standard agroecological pest-natural-enemy interaction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Manduca sexta (Sphingidae) is the canonical tobacco hornworm; foliar herbivory on Nicotiana is textbook. Polistes annularis predation on lepidopteran larvae is well-documented. Taxonomy and life-history accurate.”
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