CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mimeusemia ceylonica was spotted by Thalavaipandi Subbaiah during a moth survey at the Agasthyamalai Community-based Conservation Centre (ACCC) in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu1.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mimeusemia ceylonica, rare moth species, has been spotted for the first time in India, in which state? Notes: Researchers spotted a Mimeusemia ceylonica, rare moth species for the first time in India in Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu after 127 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India named “Mimeusemia ceylonica” in the buffer zone of the Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR).

Detailed explanation-4: -Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae and family Noctuidae. It was first illustrated and described by English entomologist George Hampson in 1893.