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The 18 pages that link to Host plant, each with the reason it gives.

• Pollinator gardenRelated: Some pollinator larvae depend on particular plants even when adults visit many flowers.

• EpiphyteRelated: For an epiphyte, the host plant is a physical support rather than a food source.

• Maria Sibylla MerianRelated: She recorded the plants that caterpillars ate alongside their transformations.

• Butterfly life cycleRelated: Female butterflies often select host plants where newly hatched caterpillars can feed.

• Butterfly gardeningRelated: Butterfly caterpillars depend on particular host plants, often different for each butterfly species.

• UrticaceaeRelated: Nettles support caterpillars of butterflies such as the small tortoiseshell and peacock.

• Luna mothRelated: Luna moth caterpillars feed on leaves of several deciduous tree genera.

• NymphalidaeRelated: The evolution of host use helps explain nymphalid diversification and remains incompletely mapped.

• Swallowtail butterflyRelated: Female swallowtails often select particular host plants for egg laying, determining larval food.

• AcanthosomaRelated: Plant associations help describe the ecology of Acanthosoma species.

• Acherontia lachesisRelated: Larvae of Acherontia lachesis feed on suitable plants before becoming adults.

• Gonepteryx rhamniNarrower topic: The brimstone’s dependence on buckthorn illustrates how host plants shape butterfly distribution.

• LasiocampidaeRelated: Identifying host plants helps explain where lasiocampid larvae feed and occur.

• Leaf beetleRelated: Host plants determine where many leaf beetles feed, develop, and reproduce.

• LepidopterologyRelated: Many caterpillars depend on particular plants for food and development.

• Longhorn beetleRelated: Female longhorns often lay eggs on particular plant species used by their larvae.

• TimemaRelated: Timema species often specialize on particular plants, shaping their ecology and camouflage.

• TortricidaeRelated: Tortricid larval survival and development often depend on particular host plants.