Scientists stunned after using special trap to capture species for the first time in 73 years: 'Easily distinguished'

Scientists stunned after using special trap to capture species for the first time in 73 years: 'Easily distinguished'

Scientists in India were stunned after collecting the first scientific specimen of a moth species in 73 years.  According to the Miami Herald, researchers working in Kerala, India, in 2024 set up a light trap, in which they shone a bright light onto a piece of loose fabric. In doing so, they caught a Lymantria kanara, a species that had only been documented once before in 1951.  "This study represents the only record of the species apart from th…