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Title: Small Honor: Tiny Moth Named for Trump
Post by: Machiavelli on January 19, 2017, 09:31:16 pm

Mindy Weisberger
Live Science
January 17, 2017

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A miniscule moth with a wingspan of just 0.4 inches (9 millimeters) is the first species to be named for the soon-to-be president of the United States, Donald Trump.

Yellow and white scales topping the moth's head resemble Trump's signature hairstyle, inspiring the name Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, wrote evolutionary biologist Vazrick Nazari, a researcher from Ottawa, Canada, in a new study.

The moth's habitat extends from Southern California in the U.S. through Baja California in Mexico. The wall that the president-elect has proposed building along the border between the two countries could divide that stretch.

More (http://www.livescience.com/57525-tiny-moth-named-for-donald-trump.html)

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Title: Re: Small Honor: Tiny Moth Named for Trump
Post by: Wingnut on January 19, 2017, 10:55:50 pm

I was thinking this was a "Fake News" story.  But i was wrong...

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It also has 'unique genitalia' which has never before been seen in a male of a similar species.  Its genital 'valvae are strongly curved' with an 'acute tip,' according to the study.

 **nononono*

Title: Re: Small Honor: Tiny Moth Named for Trump
Post by: Sanguine on January 19, 2017, 11:00:54 pm

(http://www.livescience.com/images/i/000/088/878/original/moth-species-named-for-trump-01.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&downsize=*:1400)

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