Question
Explain in brief Mutualistic relation between Yucca plant and moth.

Answer

→ In some species floral rewards are in providing safe places to lay eggs.
→ An example is that of the tallest flower of Amorphophallus. The flower itself is about 6 feet in height.
→ A similar relationship exists between a species of moth and the plant Yucca where both species moth and the plant cannot complete their life cycles without each other.
→ The moth deposits its eggs in the locule of the ovary and the flower, in turn, gets pollinated by the moth.
→ The larvae of the moth come out of the eggs as the seeds start developing.

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