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Question
A phenomenon where a male insect mistakenly identified the patterns of a orchid flower as the female insect partner, and tries to copulate and thereby pollinates the flower is said to be ______.
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Pseudocopulation
Pseudopollination
Pseudoparthenocarpy
Pseudofertilisation
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Solution
A phenomenon where a male insect mistakenly identified the patterns of a orchid flower as the female insect partner, and tries to copulate and thereby pollinates the flower is said to be pseudocopulation.
Explanation:
If a male insect misidentifies the patterns or traits of a flower, usually an orchid, as belonging to a female insect mate, this is known as pseudocopulation. This mechanism involves the flower mimicking sexual pheromones.
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