Claim · #6734901
Agromyzidae (family) · herbivory · Citrullus lanatus
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Watermelon ... Leafminers Leafhoppers Spider Mites”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 77
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Agromyzidae (leafmining flies, e.g. Liriomyza spp.) are well-documented cucurbit pests in Guam and the Pacific. Leaf damage type and eats relation are correct at family-level granularity.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Liriomyza spp. (Agromyzidae) are major polyphagous leafminers on cucurbits including watermelon in tropical Pacific systems. Family-level extraction matches the bare common-name list.”
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