AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Note: The Yucca flower and Pronuba moths are known to connect through obligate mutualistic relationships. These two species are connected to each other for their survival. This is because the Yucca larvae eat Yucca seeds, while the Yucca flowers are solely dependent on the Pronuba moths for pollination.

Detailed explanation-2: -The relationship between yucca moths and yucca plants is an example of obligate mutualism. Many species of yucca plant can be pollinated by only one species of yucca moth, while those yucca moths use the yucca flowers as a safe space to lay their eggs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Yucca-moth pollination interrelationship is a classical example of symbiosis. There are over 40 species of Yucca (Agavaceae) and apparently all are completely dependent upon the pollinator services of a species of moth in the genus Tegeticula (Lepidoptera:Incurvariidae).

Detailed explanation-4: -Description. The Great Plains is home to a very special plant-insect relationship between yucca plants and yucca moths. These moths pollinate yucca flowers and lay eggs in them, and the moth’s larvae feed on the produced seeds.

Detailed explanation-5: -Yucca plants and yucca moths share a very intimate relationship with each other. This relationship is particularly important because the yucca plant and its moth cannot survive without each other. The yucca plant can only be pollinated by the yucca moth.