Claim · #6494832
Clostera fulgurita · herbivory · Populus deltoides
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“minimizing the population of poplar defoliator, Clostera fulgurita Walker”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 139
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Clostera fulgurita (Notodontidae) is the documented major defoliator of Populus deltoides in Indian agroforestry (FRI-Dehradun records, Singh & Mishra), with periodic outbreaks.”
- entomologist · plausible
“C. fulgurita is the well-known notodontid poplar defoliator across northern India; severity rating of moderate is conservative-but-defensible given outbreak-driven variability.”
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