Researchers at Cornell University (United States) and Eawag
(Switzerland) discovered a general and flexible method to understand how
insects may use non-native plants in their diet. The method could accurately
predict the use of >400 non-native plants as larval hostplants by 900
different herbivorous butterfly and moth species native to Europe. The results
may make the forecasting of novel herbivore communities feasible in order to
better understand the fate and impact of introduced plants.