Claim · #6495100
Spodoptera litura · herbivory · Brassica oleracea var. capitata
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Spodoptera litura on papaya, cabbage and tobacco nursery”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 275
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera litura is highly polyphagous and papaya is among its recorded hosts in India; foliar herbivory at moderate severity is consistent with field reports.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. litura (Noctuidae) is one of the most polyphagous Asian cutworms; papaya foliage feeding by larvae is documented in Indian extension literature.”
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