LONG - LOST MOTH SPECIES - ENVIRONMENT
News: Long-lost
moth species caught on camera in T.N. forest
What's in the news?
● Two
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.
Key takeaways:
● 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
species was rediscovered during a moth survey conducted on October 11, 2020 at
the Agasthyamalai Community-based Conservation Centre (ACCC) situated in the
buffer zone of KMTR, Tirunelveli district by Mr. Thalavaipandi and Mr.
Prashanth.