Claim · #6492529
Cydia pomonella · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“codling moth, Cydia pomonella, which feeds inside apples”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 23
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cydia pomonella larvae tunneling inside Malus domestica fruit is one of the most well-documented pest interactions in horticultural entomology; all fields are consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Cydia pomonella larvae are the feeding stage that tunnel into apple fruit; source quote and structured fields are fully consistent with well-established biology.”
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