Claim · #6492589
Chrysobothris femorata · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“The flatheaded apple tree borer, Chrysobothris femorata, is an important pest of fruit, shade, and forest trees”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 117
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chrysobothris femorata (Buprestidae) is a well-documented wood-boring pest of Malus domestica and other trees; source quote directly supports structured fields including trunk/bark damage and broad host range.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Chrysobothris femorata (Buprestidae) is a well-documented borer pest of apple and other woody hosts in the US; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
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