Mimeusemia ceylonica

Posted on March 10, 2023 by admin1 1227

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Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago – at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in 1893.

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Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae and family Noctuidae.
It was first illustrated and described by English entomologist George Hampson in 1893.
The spotting of the Moth species in the district has added to the testimony of the rich biodiversity of the region.

Moths

Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.
There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth,many of which have yet to be described.
Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not.

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