Claim · #6495821
Spodoptera litura · herbivory · Solanum tuberosum
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“caterpillars are night feeders and sometimes cause huge damage to potato crop”
- Source
- Field Guide for Identification of Major Potato Pests and Diseases in Meghalaya, India
- Authors
- Ali S.
- Year
- 2018
- Publication
- International Potato Center (CIP), FoodSTART+
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera litura larvae are nocturnal foliar feeders causing significant potato damage.”
- entomologist · plausible
“S. litura caterpillar (larval stage) is correct life-stage for foliar herbivory; plausible.”
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