According to the USDA, approximately 80 percent of the world’s flowering plants require pollinators to eproduce, including three-quarters of agricultural crops.
A 2021 study on nocturnal pollinators that was conducted by the University of kansas led researcher Stephen Robertson to call moths “unsung heroes of polination,” indicating that, as an under-studied group, moths could potentially beat out butterflies and bees in pollinator importance globally.
But just as we’re discovering how important moths are, they’re disappearing.
