Claim · #6492254
Operophtera brumata · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“caused considerable damage to apple orchards and oak woodlands”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Operophtera brumata is a well-documented defoliating pest of Malus domestica and oak; its invasion of Nova Scotia causing orchard damage is historically established.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Operophtera brumata is a well-documented defoliating pest of Malus domestica; its Nova Scotia invasion causing orchard damage is historically recorded and biologically consistent.”
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