Definition of Phytophagous. Meaning of Phytophagous. Synonyms of Phytophagous

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Definition of Phytophagous

Phytophagous
Phytophagous Phy*toph"a*gous, a. [Phyto- + Gr. ? to eat.] (Zo["o]l.) Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal.

Meaning of Phytophagous from wikipedia

- A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds...
- hemipterans, the pentatomids have piercing sucking mouthparts, and most are phytophagous, including several species which are severe pests on agricultural crops...
- Bostrichoidea. The infraorder Cucujiformia includes the vast majority of phytophagous (plant-eating) beetles, united by cryptonephric Malpighian tubules of...
- several different taxa feeding on a single oak tree. In some cases, phytophagous larvae can lead to the destruction of entire trees in relatively short...
- head was removed and worn as a pendant. About 75% of beetle species are phytophagous in both the larval and adult stages. Many feed on economically important...
- living plant matter or the products of a plant. They are also called phytophagous insects. These insects may eat essential parts of the plant, such as...
- that can then be used by other plants. Ferns have proved resistant to phytophagous insects. The gene that express the protein Tma12 in an edible fern, Tectaria...
- Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 48 (4): 672–686...
- González-Megías, Adela (2002). "Asymmetrical interactions between ungulates and phytophagous insects: Being different matters". Ecology. 83 (1): 203–11. doi:10...
- springs, petroleum pools, salt pools, alkaline lakes, marshes. Imago are phytophagous, sometimes feeding on microscopic algae and bacteria (Paracoenia, Ephydra)...