Claim · #6734860
Spodoptera sp. · herbivory · Allium sativum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Garlic Armyworms”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 68
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera spp. (notably S. exigua beet armyworm, S. litura) are polyphagous lepidopteran defoliators reported on Allium crops including garlic in tropical Asia and Pacific contexts.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) is a documented pest of Allium sativum; larval foliar feeding matches affected_part=leaf. Genus-level identification is appropriate from the source quote 'Armyworms'.”
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