The best-known examples of moth pollination are of sphingophilous plants (e.g. Wasserthal, 1997).
If you wanted to see in the dark, you could do worse than follow the example of moths, which have of course made something of a specialty of it.
Using this method, we identified 168 studies from between 1971 and 2013 detailing examples of nocturnal moths involved in pollination (this search was comprehensive, but we recognise that some additional published examples may exist).
One of the most striking examples of a leaf moth is the Japanese noctuid moth Oraesia excavata, whose dorsal forewings exhibit a special resemblance to a leaf with leaf venation patterns [ 29].
There is the much-publicised example of the moth-flavoured pizza and, not forgetting McDonald's equally delightful deep-fried chicken head, (not, apparently, an urban legend) reproduced for your delectation above.
Olivia Walton and Martin Stevens revisit the classic example of the peppered moth, objectively quantifying moth camouflage and predation risk.
Up to this date desaturase-encoding genes have been investigated in a dozen ditrysian moths, depicting examples of elaborate evolution in which a minimal number of enzymes account for the chemical diversity and species-specificity of pheromone components found among different species [ 17- 32].
Its Exosex SPTab solution, for example, disrupts the mating habits of certain types of moths that pose a particular problem with stored food.
Listen to other speakers – check out both TED and The Moth for examples of good talks and storytelling – and listen to other people talking when you are out and about, traveling on public transport or queuing up in the supermarket.
For example, the allele for black colour in a population of moths becoming more common.
