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Peering through a magnifying glass, he marveled at the persistence of polyphagous beetles fulfilling their complex life-cycles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2017

Two very common species, Pandeleteius hilaris and Tanymecus confertus, appear to be polyphagous, without preference for any particular plant.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various

The species is extremely polyphagous, and will feed well on oak, birch, chestnut, beech, willow, nut, etc.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various

Both species had, no doubt, fed on the same trees; as the Cynthia, like the Atlas cocoons, were all inclosed in leaves of the Berberis vulgaris, which shows that Cynthia is also a polyphagous species.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various

Though a Bombyx be polyphagous in a state of nature, yet I think most species have a tree proper to themselves, on which they are more at home than on any other plant.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various