Moth collected in 1855 is key to describing 11 new species

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Mar 5, 2025, 7:06 am121 ptsTrending
Scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, have discovered that a long-overlooked moth specimen in the Museum's collection was in fact collected by explorer and naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, in 1855. This was at the same time as he was formulating his own revolutionary ideas on the origins of…

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