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Recent Study on Pollination of Moths

February 23 , 2022 881 days 718 0
  • A study has revealed that moths are essential for pollination in northeast India’s Himalayan environment.
  • The study established that 91 species of moths are pollinators of 21 different species of plants in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in the north-eastern Himalayas.
  • Erebidae (tiger moths, erebid moths, lichen moths, etc) and Geometridae (geometer moths) were found to be the Himalayan region’s most important families of moths for pollen transportation.
  • The results are significant as most pollination research focused on daytime pollinators such as butterflies and bees.
  • While the contribution of nocturnal pollinators received less scientific attention.

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