Linking genomic variation to floral trait adaptation across species boundaries [PDF]
New Phytologist, Volume 252, Issue 4, Page 1399-1412, November 2026.Examples of floral trait divergences between sister species adapted to different pollination modes. Summary Flowers are highly diverse in shape, scent, and colour and may differ strikingly even among closely related species. Floral traits experience correlational selection favouring trait combinations that maximise plant reproduction, leading to ...
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Pollination by long‐proboscid horseflies and its implications for reproductive isolation among coflowering Satyrium orchids in South Africa [PDF]
American Journal of Botany, Volume 113, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract Premise Floral adaptations to pollinators can drive lineage diversification and promote coexistence of species. We investigated the reproductive biology of Satyrium longicolle, a South African orchid that we hypothesized to belong to a long‐proboscid horsefly pollination guild and examined overlap of pollinators and floral traits among ...
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Resilience of floral scent emission after florivory [PDF]
Plant Biology, Volume 28, Issue 5, Page 1491-1506, August 2026.Florivory is thought to affect floral traits, impacting pollination. However, our data suggest a stability in post‐florivory scent emission, which may guarantee the maintenance of pollinator visitation regardless of florivory, indicating a resilience of natural systems with multiple and simultaneous interactions. Created in BioRender. Tunes, P.
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Integration of parallel pathways for flight control in a hawkmoth reflects prevalence and relevance of natural visual cues [PDF]
eLifeAn animal’s behaviour is the result of multiple neural pathways acting in parallel, receiving information across and within sensory modalities at the same time. How these pathways are integrated, particularly when their individual outputs are in conflict,
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Adaptive generalization in pollination systems: Hawkmoths increase fitness to long‐tubed flowers, but secondary pollinators remain important [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSelection on floral traits by animal pollinators is important in the evolution of flowering plants, yet whether floral divergence requires specialized pollination remains uncertain.
Katherine E. Wenzell +3 more
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Evidence for moth pollination in a rhinomyiophilous Erica species from the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa [PDF]
PhytoKeysContrasting pollination syndromes in closely related species suggest that floral trait divergence is associated with differences in pollination system, but empirical observations are required to confirm syndrome-based predictions.
Timotheüs van der Niet, Ruth J. Cozien
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Gene expansion in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta drives evolution of food-associated odorant receptors [PDF]
iScienceSummary: In insects, odorant receptors (ORs) are required for the detection of most olfactory cues. We investigated the function of a clade of four duplicated ORs in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta and found that these paralogs encode broadly tuned receptors ...
Megha Treesa Tom +6 more
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The salivary gland mRNA and protein datasets after diapause of the soybean hawkmoth, Clanis bilineata tsingtauica [PDF]
Scientific DataThe soybean hawkmoth, Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (CBT), is a major agricultural pest affecting soybean and other leguminous crops, but also has been explored as an edible insect resource in China and economically important for artificial rearing ...
Yehua Li +3 more
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An ineffective antidote for hawkmoths
European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 2022 AbstractIn recent publications we have drawn attention to the fact that if the dynamics of a model is structurally unstable, then the presence of structural model error places in-principle limits on the model’s ability to generate decision-relevant probability forecasts.
Roman Frigg, Leonard A. Smith
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Span efficiency in hawkmoths [PDF]
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2013 Abstract Flight in animals is the result of aerodynamic forces generated as flight muscles drive the wings through air. Aerial performance is therefore limited by the efficiency with which momentum is imparted to the air, a property that can be measured using modern techniques.
Per, Henningsson, Richard J, Bomphrey
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