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What does phytophagous mean?

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  1. (zoology) Feeding on plants, herbivorous.
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The family Anthomyiidae is a globally distributed group of phytophagous, saprophagous, or coprophagous flies with over 1500 described species worldwide.
Among the most biodiverse lineages of phytophagous insects, the hemipteran infraorder Cicadomorpha comprises the superfamilies Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea and Membracoidea.
They live in huge niches and include phytophagous, fungivorous and predacious species.
This type is found in some of the phytophagous lizards, as Iguana tuberculata.
Often abundant in most terrestrial habitats, members of the Orthoptera are considered one of the most important groups of phytophagous insects.
We find that a caterpillar form is assumed by phytophagous larv amongst the Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera.

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