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In two recent studies, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin have identified and described 40 previously unknown moth species from the Philippines. The newly discovered species belong to ...

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The team also identified numerous cryptic species—moths that appear nearly identical ... The researchers stress that large parts of the Philippines, especially remote mountain regions, remain ...