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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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