"glochidion ferdinandi" presumably is dependent on leafflower moths ("epicephala" spp.) for its pollination, like other species of tree in the genus "glochidion". leafflower moths, including the species "epicephala colymbetella", have been collected from fruit of this species. although leafflower moths actively pollinate "glochidion" flowers, the adult moths also lay eggs inside the flowers, where their caterpillars later consume a subset of the developing seeds in the fruit. "g. ferdinandi" is unusual (although not unique) among species of "glochidion" in that the fruit contain empty carpel chambers within which "e. colymbetella" caterpillars pupate, and adult moths emerge.