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Gelechiidae moths are capable of chemically dissolving the pollen of their host plants: first documented sporopollenin breakdown by an animal.
Luo, Li, Chen, Zhang, Renner. (2011). PLoS One.
Phthorimaea operculella Chionodes manabiensis Dichomeris ligulella Galagete cinerea Galagete turritella Taygete sphecophila Ethmia monticola Autosticha modicella Holcopogon bubulcellus Decantha boreasella Hyposmocoma saccophora Triclonella pergandeella Batrachedra enormis Tegeticula synthetica Tegeticula yuccasella
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