Claim · #6493687
Conotrachelus nenuphar · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Plum curculios make crescentlike punctures on fruit surfaces”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 607
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Conotrachelus nenuphar is a well-documented key apple pest in eastern North America, and crescent-shaped oviposition scars on fruit are its diagnostic damage sign.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Conotrachelus nenuphar is a well-documented key apple pest in eastern North America; crescent-shaped oviposition scars on fruit are its diagnostic signature.”
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