How a resemblance to the presidential candidate inspired the name for an unknown moth species in the USA. <\/p>
A small moth, preserved in an entomology collection in California, was named after Donald Trump because it reminded the scientist of the presidential candidate<\/p>
\u201cThe uncanny resemblance of the tuft of scales on the head of the moth was an inspiration,\u201d said Vazrick Nazari, who studied and identified the moth back in 2017.<\/p>
The species is scientifically known as Neopalpa donaldtrumpi<\/em> and is native to the dune habitats and dry desert areas of southern California and Baja California, Mexico.<\/p> \u201cBut I wanted to bring larger public attention to the fact that we still have undiscovered and undiscribed species in the USA”, added Vazrick Nazari.<\/p> \u201cWe need to protect their fragile habitats and give the future generations a chance to study and document them.\u201d<\/p> Currently very little is known about Neopalpa donaldtrumpi <\/em>apart from its habitat.<\/p> Other species in this group of micro-moths are known to feed on plants in the nightshade family, so it this species may also feed on these plants.<\/p> How a resemblance to the presidential candidate inspired the name for an unknown moth species in the USA. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43471,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales.jpg",623,479,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales-300x231.jpg",300,231,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales.jpg",623,479,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales.jpg",623,479,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales.jpg",623,479,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2024\/11\/did-you-know-theres-an-animal-called-donald-trump-all-thanks-to-a-tuft-of-scales.jpg",623,479,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"How a resemblance to the presidential candidate inspired the name for an unknown moth species in the USA.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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