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Definition of Oligophagous
1. Adjective. (chiefly of insects) that feed on a restricted range of food ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oligophagous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oligophagous
Literary usage of Oligophagous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insects and Human Welfare: An Account of the More Important Relations of by Charles Thomas Brues (1920)
"... whose varying abundance depends upon factors not yet mentioned. Numerous other
forms which may be called oligophagous, depend upon several, ..."
2. The Santa Rita Experimental Range: History and Annotated Bibliography (1903 by Alvin L. Medina (1997)
"The abundance of particular oligophagous termites is correlated with the quantity
of highly preferred woods, while there is no correlation between the ..."
3. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"become fixed, whereby diverse plants are utilized by oligophagous species."
The selection of food by means of its odor is simply a case of positive ..."
4. Ecological Risk Assessment Issue Papersby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... phytophage and host, and these associations include species that had been
thought to be monophagous or oligophagous (Hokkanen and Pimentel, 1984, 1989). ..."
5. Allelopathy: The Effects of Chemicals Produced by Plants by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"... properties of "Davis" soybeans against an oligophagous insect, the Mexico bean
beetle. Burden, BJ.; Norris, DM New York, NY : Plenum Publishing ..."
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