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Claim · #6734815

Tortricidae (family) · herbivory · Citrus x aurantium

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Citrus ... Leafrollers Scale Crawlers Thrips”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
27

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Tortricidae includes many citrus leafroller pests (e.g. Archips, Adoxophyes, Cryptophlebia). Family-level claim of leafroller herbivory on citrus leaves is biologically standard and consistent with the source quote listing leafrollers under citrus.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Tortricidae leafrollers attacking Citrus foliage is well-established (Cryptophlebia, Archips, Argyrotaenia). Family-level aggregation is appropriate when species not specified. Leaf-rolling herbivory by larvae fits the damage_type.”

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