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[R] Refers to feeders on the pollen produced by plants stamens. Certain pollenophagous insects cause more severe damage by clearing a path to the stamens than by collecting pollen (e.g. Meligethes aeneus on rape). Pollen constitutes an important food resource for numerous beneficial insects.

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