Definition of Monophagous. Meaning of Monophagous. Synonyms of Monophagous

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- however. Some species are highly specialized (the most extreme case being monophagous, eating one specific type of food), others less so, and some can tolerate...
- having an attraction to the mulberry odorant cis-jasmone. They are not monophagous, since they can eat other species of Morus, as well as some other Moraceae...
- narrow, but it never includes all plants. A small number of insects are monophagous, feeding on a single plant. The silkworm larva is one of these, with...
- Boraginaceae, native to Eurasia. It is the host plant for caterpillars of the monophagous moth Ethmia dodecea. Common gromwell is an erect, downy perennial plant...
- [citation needed] Some bagworms are specialized in their host plants (monophagous), while others can feed on a variety of plant species (polyphagous)....
- host-specific, i.e. each plant-louse species only feeds on one plant species (monophagous) or feeds on a few closely related plants (oligophagous). Together with...
- biological control were tested in Slovakia in 2003–2004, including the monophagous Endothenia gentianaeana, but the USDA has not approved either of them...
- protect themselves. Many species are polyphagous in the larval stage. Monophagous species, such as the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), are scarce. Although...
- sometimes more harmful e.g. in conifer plantations. However, it is not monophagous and even adaptable enough to feed on angiosperms if it has to, though...
- be small or missing in some species and forms. Many aphid species are monophagous (that is, they feed on only one plant species). Others, like the green...