
This vibrant moth fooled scientists for generations
A beautiful, colorful moth, previously mistaken for over a century, has been revealed as a new species by entomologist Dr Peter Huemer of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria. Described in the open-access journal Alpine Entomology, the new species, now officially named Carcina ingridmariae, had long been overlooked due to its close resemblance…