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==== Butterflies and moths ==== [[File:Australian painted lady feeding closeup.jpg|thumb|upright|left|An [[Australian painted lady]] feeding on nectar]] [[Lepidoptera]] ([[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s) may also pollinate to various degrees.<ref>{{cite web | title = Butterfly Pollination | work = Celebrating Butterflies | publisher = U.S. Forestry Service | url = http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/butterflies.shtml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723083314/http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/butterflies.shtml| archive-date=23 July 2011}}</ref> They are not major pollinators of [[food crop]]s, but various moths are important pollinators of other commercial crops such as [[tobacco]]. Pollination by certain moths may be important, however, or even crucial, for some wildflowers mutually adapted to specialist pollinators. Spectacular examples include orchids such as ''[[Angraecum sesquipedale]]'', dependent on a particular [[Sphingidae|hawk moth]], [[Xanthopan morganii|Morgan's sphinx]]. ''[[Yucca]]'' species provide other examples, being fertilised in elaborate ecological interactions with particular species of [[Prodoxidae|yucca moths]].
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