Partial life history of Molippa simguiana Brechlin (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae), a species newly recognised from Trinidad, W.I.

Abstract

Details of the first formal identification and life history documentation of the moth species Molippa simguiana in Trinidad. Researchers used DNA barcoding and physical examinations to distinguish this insect from similar members of its species complex, correcting several decades of taxonomic misidentifications.