Claim · #6493695
Lithophane antennata · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the green fruitworm, Lithophane antennata”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 610
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Lithophane antennata (green fruitworm) is a well-documented Noctuidae pest of Malus domestica, feeding on buds and fruitlets at tight-cluster to pink stage in northeastern US orchards.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Lithophane antennata (green fruitworm) is a well-documented noctuid pest of apple buds/fruitlets in northeastern US, active during early spring phenological stages consistent with tight-cluster to pink.”
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