Claim · #6493643
Bucculatrix thurberiella · herbivory · Gossypium hirsutum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“outbreaks of the cotton leafperforator, Bucculatrix thurheriella”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 583
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bucculatrix thurberiella as cotton leafperforator on Gossypium hirsutum foliage is well-documented; carbaryl-induced secondary pest outbreaks via natural enemy disruption is a classical IPM concept consistent with California cotton literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bucculatrix thurberiella is a known lepidopteran pest of Gossypium hirsutum foliage; carbaryl-driven secondary pest outbreaks via natural enemy disruption are well-documented in California cotton IPM literature.”
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