Claim · #6492738
Choristoneura fumiferana · herbivory · Tsuga spp.
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“also feed on larch, pine, hemlock, and white, red, and blue spruce”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 187
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana is documented feeding on Larix spp. as a secondary host; source quote directly supports larch as a host plant.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Choristoneura fumiferana larvae are documented to feed on larch among secondary hosts; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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