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Aphididae (family) · pest pressure · Solanum melongena

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Eggplant ... Aphids”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
149

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Aphididae are ubiquitous eggplant pests feeding on foliage; family-level attribution and leaf affected-part are standard.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Multiple aphid species (Aphis gossypii, Myzus persicae) feed on eggplant leaves; family-level claim is taxonomically and ecologically sound.”

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