Many flowering plants depend entirely on a single species of pollinator. The yucca plant, for example, is pollinated only by yucca moths, which lay their eggs in yucca flowers and whose larvae feed on developing seeds. Neither species can complete its life cycle without the other.
Based on the passage, which inference is most strongly supported?
- A
Yucca moths feed on adult yucca leaves
- B
Yucca plants can be pollinated by a wide variety of insects
- C
Yucca plants can complete their life cycle without yucca moths
- Dcheck_circle
The disappearance of one of these species would directly threaten the other
Explanation
Mutual dependence supports A. B and D contradict "only" and "neither"; C contradicts the description of larvae feeding.