Claim · #6734906
Cicadellidae (family) · pest pressure · Arachis hypogaea
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Peanut ... Leafhoppers Loopers Thrips”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 70
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) on peanut is biologically standard; Empoasca kerri and related species cause 'peanut hopperburn' across tropical Asia/Pacific. Family-level designation appropriate when species unspecified. Leaf-feeding and pest_pressure damage_type fully consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) on peanut, particularly Empoasca spp., are canonical phloem-feeding pests causing hopperburn symptoms. Family-level taxonomic resolution acceptable. Leaf affected_part and 'eats' interaction correct for phloem-feeding Hemiptera.”
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