Claim · #6493635
Cydia pomonella · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“infestations affect 20 to 95 percent of the apples in a typical orchard”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 556
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Cydia pomonella larvae are well-documented as fruit borers of Malus domestica; the 20–95% infestation range is consistent with published IPM literature on untreated orchards.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cydia pomonella is the classic apple fruit pest; larval tunneling to the core and 20-95% infestation range in unmanaged orchards is well-documented in IPM literature.”
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