Question

II. Study the picture and answer the following questions.
1. What does the moth feed on?
2. Do you think the moth feeds on only
one type of flower?
Describe the mouth parts of this
moth.
4. Which other insect do you think has
similar mouth parts?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans1. With few exceptions, adult butterflies and moths eat only various liquids to maintain their water balance and energy stores. Most adults sip flower nectar, but other imbibe fluids from sap flowers on trees, rotting fruits, bird droppings, or animal dung.

Ans2. Most moths feed on nectar of flowers. They may feed on flower of different types but some species of moths prefer those flowers with long corolla tubes and sweet smell. Some species of moths generally visit any type of flower for feeding.

Ans3. Butterflies and moths have mouthparts specialized for probing into a flower and sucking out nectar. A long, slender proboscis is formed by the two galea of the maxillae which interlock to enclose a central food canal