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Oligophagous is a kind of narrow feeding.The habit that animals feed exclusively on animals or plants of a certain group (such as seeds of woody plants, herbs, insects, birds, etc.) is called oligophagy.
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oligophagous insect
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Parochial
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The habit of animals feeding on certain kinds of animals and plants
For example, the short eared owl and the grass owl exclusively feed on certain mouse shaped rodents;Harriers and falcons mainly prey on other birds;Crossbill feeds exclusively on conifer seeds;Swift and small bat feed on insects;The larvae of Pieris rapae feed exclusively on cruciferous plants;wait.These animals are also herbivorous or monovorous.
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Some insects only eat a few plants, or are related to these plants.For example, Plutella xylostella larvae can feed on 39 kinds of cruciferous vegetables, which are called oligophagous insects.Silkworm is an oligophagous insect. It only eats mulberry leaves, vegetable leaves, cudra leaves, broussonetia leaves, elm leaves, duck onions, dandelion and lettuce leaves.
