A lone moth leads the discovery of a new genus
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An international team of scientists has described Antaram idukki, a completely new genus and species of tiger moth discovered in Kerala's Idukki district in 2024—a rare finding since discovering an entirely new genus is uncommon, and the species differs markedly in body structure and reproductive anatomy from all known tiger moth groups.
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