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Claim · #6735257

Spodoptera sp. · herbivory · Lactuca sativa var. crispa

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Lettuce, Leaf ... Armyworms”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
168

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Spodoptera larvae are major leaf-chewing pests of lettuce in tropics; herbivory and leaf-feeding accurate.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Spodoptera larvae chew lettuce foliage; armyworm leaf herbivory in Guam plausible. Larval stage implied by damage type.”

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