Host plants and pollination regions for the long-distance migratory noctuid moth, Hadula trifolii Hufnagel in China.

ABSTRACT: Nocturnal moths are important pollinators of plants. The clover cutworm, Hadula trifolii, is a long-distance migratory nocturnal moth. Although the larvae of H. trifolii are polyphagous pests of many cultivated crops in Asia and Europe, the plant species pollinated by the adult are unclear. Pollen species that were attached to individual migrating moths of H. trifolii were identified based on pollen morphology and DNA to determine their host plants, geographic origin, and pollination areas. The moths were collected on their seasonal migration pathway at a small island, namely Beihuang, in the center of the Bohai Sea of China during 2014 to 2018. Pollen was detected on 28.60% of the female moths and 29.02% of the male, mainly on the proboscis, rarely on co

SUBMITTER: He L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9001116 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature