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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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