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DIETARY change from carnivory to phytophagy has been previously reported from four Eurytomidae; by Nielson1 from Denmark for an unidentified species of Eurytoma parasitic on the larvæ of Cryptocampusangustus Htg. in willow twigs; by Rimsky-Korsakow2 for Harmolita inquilinum (the U.S.S.R.) parasitic on H. rossicum in the stems of rye; and by Phillips3 for Eurytoma pater Girault and E. parva Girault4,5 parasitic on the wheat joint worm H. tritici Fitch in the United States. In each case the eurytomid larva parasitizes its stem-living host larva, and having destroyed this becomes phytophagous in order to obtain sufficient nutriment for the completion of its development.
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BAILEY, R. Facultative Parasitism and Dietary Change in Harmolita hyalipenne Walker. Nature 183, 341–342 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183341c0
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