Claim · #6734857
Tetranychidae (family) · pest pressure · Solanum melongena
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Eggplant Aphids Spider Mites”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 73
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tetranychidae (spider mites) are well-documented sap-feeding pests of eggplant in warm/dry conditions like Guam; leaf affected_part and invertebrate classification correct.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Tetranychidae are arachnid (not insect) sap-feeders but arthropod and within entomologist scope; eggplant is a known host; leaf damage and pest_pressure damage_type fit.”
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