[Leps-l] US customs intercepts rare moth in Detroit

Mike Quinn entomike at gmail.com
Thu May 26 08:00:23 EDT 2022


Entomologist M. Alma Solis
<https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person/?person-id=5305>, who
specializes in moths for the USDA and Smithsonian Institution, examined an
adult moth, as well as caterpillars and pupae. She determined the moths
were *Salma brachyscopalis *Hampson*, *a species scientists last spotted in
1912 in Sri Lanka.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-customs-agents-find-rare-moth-last-spotted-in-1912-180980140/
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