Claim · #6735362
Coccoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Citrus X sinensis
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Orange ... Scales”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 179
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Coccoidea scales are among the most economically significant citrus pests globally; stem feeding on orange is biologically accurate and common in Guam.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Scale insects on citrus stems and branches are well-documented; superfamily-level classification with stem affected_part is horticulturally consistent.”
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