Figures & data
Figure 1. The microlepidopteran Anatrachyntis sp. is a specialist pollinator of Cycas micronesica. Left: microstrobilus tissue is tunneled and consumed by larvae (arrows) immediately after pollen dispersal. Right: within days the entire microstrobilus is reduced to frass and pupation (arrow) heralds in a new generation of pollinators. The role of cycad sugars in mediating this mutualism is unknown.
