The parasitic wasps pick up this signal and find their unwitting larval hosts.

The specific name is derived from the generic name, Manilkara, one of two principal larval hosts.

The specific name is derived from the generic name, Pouteria, of the only recorded larval host.

It is known to use only sturgeons as larval hosts.

This butterfly is seen chiefly during the monsoon, perhaps due to its larval host plants growing at this time of the year.

Females have been observed laying eggs among lichens on the bark of trees, which are presumably the larval host.

There is little damage from disease or predation on the plants, but one species of moth does use it as a larval host.

It serves as the larval host for the nematode and acts as the vector by which the disease is spread.

Adults drink nectar from the flowers of the larval hosts.