Claim · #6735166
Noctuidae (family) · herbivory · Allium fistulosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Green Onion ... Loopers”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 156
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Noctuidae loopers (e.g., Trichoplusia) feed on Allium foliage; family-level pest assignment is biologically reasonable for green onion in Guam.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Looper caterpillars defoliating green onion leaves is a recognized horticultural pest pressure in tropical Pacific production systems.”
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