The researchers showed that floral scent is crucial for successful pollination: Manduca
sexta hawk moths, the most important pollinators of the wild tobacco species Nicotiana attenuata, use their proboscis to smell the floral volatiles when they visit flowers.
Not exact matches
Offering
hawk moths (Manduca
sexta) a range of 3 - D printed flowers with different curvatures shows that a moderately curved trumpet shape lets moths sip most efficiently, Foen Peng reported June 24 at the Evolution 2017 meeting.
A
hawk moth (Manduca
sexta) uses its eight - centimeter - long proboscis to drink nectar from a flower of Nicotiana alata, a species of wild tobacco also called jasmine or winged tobacco.
«Scent guides
hawk moths to the best - fitting flowers: Researchers show that Manduca
sexta recognizes scent of flowers matching its proboscis, thereby optimizes energy gain.»