Potential pollinator of Vanda falcata (Orchidaceae): Theretra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) hawkmoths are visitors of long spurred orchid

Suetsugu, Kenji; Tanaka, Koji; Okuyama, Yudai; Yukawa, Tomohisa

doi:10.14411/eje.2015.031

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“…Nocturnal hawkmoth pollination has been reported in several species of flowers with long tubes and reproductive organs Orchidaceae (e.g., Habenaria (Xiong et al 2015;Zhang & Gao 2017;Tao et al 2018), Platanthera (Inoue 1983(Inoue , 1985(Inoue , 1986, and Vanda (Suetsugu et al 2015)), Rubiaceae (e.g., Guettarda (Xu et al 2018)), Xanthorrhoeaceae (e.g., Hemerocallis (Hirota et al 2012)), and Zingiberaceae (e.g., Hedychium (Gao et al 2014)). Some hawkmoth-pollinated flowers are also visited by butterflies and settling moths Morinaga et al 2009;Yokota & Yahara 2012;Gao et al 2014;Mizusawa et al 2014;Nakajima et al 2018;Tao et al 2018).…”

Section: Hawkmothsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia: a review

Funamoto

2019

J Poll Ecol

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Pollination studies in East Asia have been developing rapidly in recent decades. East Asia may provide important information on many aspects of plant-pollinator interactions because of the rich fauna and flora and highly heterogeneous environments that occur there. In this review, plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia were summarized. Bumblebees are important pollinators of many plant species in East Asia, as well as in Europe and North America. Native honeybees may also have important roles in pollination in East Asia. Bird pollination and hawkmoth pollination may be less common in East Asia than in North America. Geographic variation in pollination interactions is expected because several types of pollinators are rare or absent in some habitats or geographic regions. For example, specialized nectar-feeding vertebrates like sunbirds and pteropodid bats are absent from most of East Asia except for some areas in its southern part. Opportunistic nectar-feeding vertebrates may have important roles in pollination where specialized nectar-feeding vertebrates are absent. Human impacts on plant pollinator interactions are understudied in this region. However, climate change, habitat degradation, and invasive species may have negative impacts on plant-pollinator interactions and thus plant reproductive success there. The information available on the plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia is still limited because many plant and pollinator taxa and many types of habitats are understudied.

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Section: Hawkmothsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia: a review

Funamoto

2019

J Poll Ecol

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“…To overcome this problem, there has been a recent increase in studies using interval photography to observe nocturnal pollinators (e.g. Suetsugu and Tanaka 2013;Suetsugu et al 2015). In the present study, we observed flower visitors to the orchid Platanthera hologlottis (Orchidaceae) throughout the day and night using interval photography.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…In such species, using interval photography to observe diurnal and nocturnal flower visitors is useful for identifying the flower visitors (Suetsugu and Tanaka 2013;Suetsugu et al 2015). Furthermore, the experimental approach to reveal the relative contribution of diurnal and nocturnal flower visitors to fruit production and pollinarium removal is useful for gaining knowledge to identify the effective pollinators because the pollination effectiveness of flower visitors can be estimated by measuring paternal (pollen removal) and maternal (producing seeds) perspectives (Schupp et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

The relative importance of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators of Platanthera hologlottis Maxim. (Orchidaceae)

Hattori

Tamada

Itino

2020

Journal of Plant Interactions

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Most flowering plants are visited by various pollinator insects. To understand floral specialization for pollinators, the relative importance of different flower visitors to the focal plant species should be revealed. In the present study, we observed the insects that visited the orchid Platanthera hologlottis throughout the day and night using interval timer photography to reveal the relative importance of diurnal and nocturnal flower visitors. We observed visitation by both diurnal (e.g. the butterfly Ochlodes ochraceus) and nocturnal (e.g. the moth Thysanoplusia intermixta) insects and examined their relative contribution to fruit production and pollinarium removal experimentally. Results showed that the fitness was higher in flowers visited by nocturnal insects than in those visited by diurnal insects. These results suggest that the floral traits of P. hologlottis may be specialized for nocturnal flower visitors rather than diurnal flower visitors.

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“…Mating behaviour occurred at night (Kilaso and Tigvattananont, 2018). The new island Hyles was collected during the day and without light (Tennent and Russell, 2015). The spurge hawk moth Hyles euphorbiae L. (Lepidoptera: sphingidae) are from moderate to large size and the body weight between 0.1 to 7 gram.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hawkmoth has role in balance ecosystem through floral pollination, the floral member advertises and signal got to pollinator by olfactory neurons in terminal of proboscis which strongly have role in floral diversity by transferring pollen grains (Haverkamp et al, 2016, Heywood et al, 2017. The long tongued moths are adapted for pollination (Suetsugu et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

Molecular Marker Study for Hyles euphorbiae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Genes in Erbil Province

2020

ZJPAS

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The Hawkmoths consisting more than 1,500 species over worldwide in 200 genera. The family sphingidae is splitted into two taxonomic categories which is sub-family sphinginae and macroglossinae. The mitochondrial genes sequence commonly used for taxonomic phylogeny due to maternal inheritance and less degradation. The aim of the present study was the taxon identification of Hyles euphorbia among other level species of this genus. Sixteen Hyles (eight males and eight females) were use and then DNA was extracted from insect anterior abdomen. Multiplex PCR was performed for amplification of specific targeted sequence DNA in mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and II genes. The Hyles euphorbiae was successfully identified and this corresponds to the amplification of sixteen specimens of targeted DNA fragment with using a group specific primers that covering the targeted sequence between 277 bp and 280 bp. The present study was concluded that the Hyles euphorbiae exists in Kurdistan region and Multiplex PCR can be done for this reason.

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Potential pollinator of Vanda falcata (Orchidaceae): Theretra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) hawkmoths are visitors of long spurred orchid

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia: a review

Plant-pollinator interactions in East Asia: a review

The relative importance of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators of Platanthera hologlottis Maxim. (Orchidaceae)

Molecular Marker Study for Hyles euphorbiae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Genes in Erbil Province

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