Strange Moth was found in eastern Asia

One of the new moth species, 
Ypsolopha straminella. (Picture from:
http://www.livescience.com/)

Two new moth species found in the region around the northeastern Mongolia and the Russian Far East. Insects are still related to the butterfly is fond of posing unique while resting. They swooped her rear into the air and pushed the antenna to the ground or the surface of the leaf.

Both new species added to the genus Ypsolophid. The first moth was named Ypsolopha melanofuscella, the second named Ypsolopha straminella. This discovery adds to the number of members of the genus Ypsolophid to 30 species in Russia. It was a quarter of the total number of members of the group worldwide.

The new moth species, Ypsolopha 
blandella, at rest. (Picture from:
http://www.livescience.com/)

Unique behavior of Y. melanofitscella and Y. straminella seen since I was a larva. Both species form a strange cocoon before finally hatched. "Cocoon resembles a swing made ​​from leaves," said Margarita Ponomarenko, a researcher at the Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

Ponomarenko said two new species of moth it difficult to catch. Both of them do not fly towards the light like in most moths. Though light into a common method for catching moths. In a study published in the journal ZooKeys, Ponomarenko describes body details and new moth genitalia are quite different from other moth species.

"The scientists are examining genitalia to distinguish various types of moths and other insects," he said. These findings suggest that the biological diversity in East Asia, particularly in the far east of Russia, still holds many mysteries. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LIVESCIENCE | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4203]

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