Mimeusemia Ceylonica

Two researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted Mimeusemia ceylonica, a rare moth species in the buffer zone of the Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR).

10 Mar 2023

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Two researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted Mimeusemia ceylonica, a rare moth species in the buffer zone of the Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR). 

Image Source: The Hindu

About Mimeusemia Ceylonica:

  • It belongs to the subfamily Agaristinae and family Noctuidae
  • It was first illustrated 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.
  • There is deficient data about the history of this species. 
  • Researchers could see only one moth on all these occasions and not as a pair and hence they did not try to do genitalia dissection to study it further.

News Source: The Hindu

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