Claim · #6495051
Opisina arenosella · herbivory · Cocos nucifera
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Opisina arenosella, a devastating pest of coconut in tropical India”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 214
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Opisina arenosella is a well-known defoliating lepidopteran pest of coconut palms in tropical India and Sri Lanka.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Opisina arenosella (Xylorictidae) larvae mine and skeletonize coconut leaflets, frequently causing severe defoliation outbreaks in southern India.”
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