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Usually we use the term host plant when one plant is used by larvae of insects as a place to feed and grow up, but when larger they feed externally and construct distinctive protective silken cases, often incorporating plant material. Many species have specific host plants, discarded larval cases often scattered thickly on affected plants.

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