Claim · #6735378
Lepidoptera (order) · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tomato … Caterpillars”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 205
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lepidoptera caterpillars are well-documented tomato herbivores; broad order-level claim is biologically reasonable though taxonomically coarse.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Caterpillars are a standard tomato pest category in regional crop guides; herbivory damage on tomato is widely reported.”
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