New species of moths discovered in the Alps named after three famous alpinists

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Tagged Alpine, Alpine insects, Alpinism, biodiversity, Curved-horn moth, David Lama, entomology, Gelechiidae, insect diversity, Lepidoptera, moths, new alpine species, new species, Peter Habeler, Reinhold Messner, Tyrolean State MuseumsLeave a comment

April 27, 2020

The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like the Alps is always a small sensation. All the more surprising is the description of a total of three new to science species previously misidentified as long-known alpine moths. During a genetic project of the Tyrolean State Museums in Innsbruck (Austria), Austrian entomologist […]

New to science New Zealand moths link mythological deities to James Cameron’s films

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Tagged Alpine Entomology, Alpine fauna, Alpine insects, biodiversity, biogeography, conservation, ecology, entomology, habitat, insect diversity, Lepidoptera, lepidopterans, macro moths, moths, new species, New Zealand, taxonomy, zoologyLeave a comment

June 11, 2019

In an unexpected discovery from New Zealand, two species of narrowly distributed moths were described as new species. Interestingly, both Arctesthes titanica and Arctesthes avatar were named after mythological deities and top-grossing blockbusters by famous filmmaker James Cameron: Titanic and Avatar, respectively.