Definition of "phytophagic" []

• Alternative form of phytophagous. (adjective)

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• "D. Walsh, a distinguished entomologist of the United States, has described what he calls phytophagic varieties and phytophagic species."
• "But no observer can determine for another, even if he can do so for himself, which of these phytophagic forms ought to be called species and which varieties."
• "Professor Meldola seemed disposed to think that the variations of colour of some of the species might be phytophagic -- that is, due to the direct action of the differently coloured leaves on which the insect fed."