from a perhaps late-19th C spread of international #zoological #nomenclature. I could look it up, but do you really want me to? Family includes #BistonBetularia of #English ‘pollution as evolutionary agent’ fame. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also #Villkäpa.
#Nature #Loodus
#Insect #Putukas
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teelehe-karuslane (lit. bearlike plantain), #ParasemiaPlantaginis, In the footsteps (literally, see #Teelehe) of #BistonBetularia, males occur in two different color patterns: yellow and white, and are thus studied for selection pressures. Prefer areas somewhat moist.
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#Karuslase (Karuslane)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
#WoodTigerMoth, whose full name is teelehe-karuslane (lit. [±] tea-leaf bearlike one), #ParasemiaPlantaginis, In the footsteps of #BistonBetularia, males occur in two different color patterns: yellow and white, and are thus studied for
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