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stenophagous

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ste·noph·a·gous  (st-nf-gs)
adj.
Feeding on a single kind or limited variety of food.

stenophagous [stəˈnɒfəgəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of animals) feeding on a single type or limited variety of food
[from steno- + -phagous (via Latin from Greek phagos eating)]


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The only known stenophagous herbivore feeding on Brazilian peppertree in the continental USA is a seed-feeding wasp, Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hussey) (Hymenoptera: Torymidae).
Asphondylia is cosmopolitan in distribution and the majority of species appear to be mono- or stenophagous (Barnes 1939; Gagne 2004).
 
 
 
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