Claim · #6495847
Malacosoma indicum · herbivory · Malus domestica
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“They feed in groups and cause heavy defoliation”
- Source
- Insect-Pest Complex and Integrated Pest Management on Apple in Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Authors
- Hussain B., Buhroo A.A., War A.R., Sheerwani A.
- Year
- 2017
- Publication
- Indian Apple: Production and Value Chain Analysis (Chapter 17)
- Page
- 271
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tent caterpillar larvae defoliating apple in spring is biologically accurate and consistent with Malacosoma genus behavior.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Malacosoma larval gregarious defoliation on apple is well-documented; stage (larva) correctly specified for herbivory.”
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