Claim · #6492734
Choristoneura fumiferana · herbivory · Abies balsamea
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“spruce budworm larvae primarily are pests of balsam fir”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 187
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana is a well-documented defoliator of Abies balsamea and Picea spp. in Canadian boreal forests; larval needle/bud herbivory in spring-summer is textbook IPM knowledge.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana larvae are well-documented defoliators of Abies balsamea and Picea spp. in Canada; larval stage correctly assigned as the damaging herbivory stage.”
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