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Notes: The relation between the nutritional needs of E. pela and the nutritional components of the host plant (Ligustrum vulgare) was studied. The growth of the female E. pela was correlated with mineral, protein, fat, vitamin and glucose contents of the host plant. Wax secretion of the male E. pela was related to the contents of mineral, water-solubility matter, fibrin and glucose. The total amino acid content of L. vulgare branches decreased by 28.17% due to E. pela. The growth of the female E. pela needed K, Ca and Mn, and the wax secretion of the male E. pela needed K, Na, Ca, Mg, Fe and Mn.