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Coccoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Citrus x limon

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Lemon ... Scales”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
164

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Scale insects (Coccoidea) are major citrus pests attacking stems, branches, and leaves; lemon highly susceptible in tropics.”

  • horticulturist · plausible

    “Scales on citrus stems is canonical horticultural pest knowledge; affected_part stem is accurate.”

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