Claim · #6495678
Polydesma umbricola · herbivory · Samanea saman
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Caterpillars feed in such large numbers they can defoliate tree canopies”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Chewing Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-37
- Page
- 10
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Polydesma umbricola caterpillars defoliate Samanea saman in Hawaii; documented outbreak pest.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Erebid moth larvae are known monkeypod defoliators in Hawaii during outbreaks.”
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