Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America
Monday, September 17, 2018 - 02:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 2010, moth collector James Vargo began finding numerous specimens of a hitherto unknown pygmy moth in his light traps on his property in Indiana, USA. When handed to Erik van Nieukerken, researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, the Netherlands) and specialist in pygmy moths (family Nepticulidae), the scientist failed to identify it as a previously known species.