Claim · #6492394
Choristoneura fumiferana · herbivory · Picea spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the spruce budworm, C. fumiferana”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 53
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana is well-documented as a major defoliating lepidopteran pest of spruce (and fir), with larval feeding on foliage/shoots in spring/summer consistent with all structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana is the archetypal boreal defoliator of Picea and Abies; high-severity spring/summer foliage herbivory is textbook-accurate and source quote confirms species identity.”
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