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The induction of adult host preferences has been studied in insects with diverse ecologies, including parasitoids, flower-visitors and phytophagous species.—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2011
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Etymology
borrowed from New Latin phytophagus, from phyto-phyto- + -phagus-phagous
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