† phytoscopicadj.EntomologyObsoleterare designating or relating to a variety of insect distinguished by features associated with its use of a specific host plant, but not attributable to diet (cf. phytophagicadj.).
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1892 Trans. Entomol. Soc.10 294 The effect cannot be phytophagic in the strict sense of the word, but rather phytoscopic, inasmuch as the colour of the surface of the leaf rather than its substance acts as the stimulus.