{"id":109647,"date":"2026-06-24T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109647"},"modified":"2026-06-24T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:13:00","slug":"antaram-idukki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/antaram-idukki\/","title":{"rendered":"Antaram idukki"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Antaram idukki Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of researchers has discovered a new genus and species of tiger moth from the southern Western Ghats and named it as Antaram idukki.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Antaram idukki<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the <\/span><b>tiger moth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> subfamily Arctiinae (Erebidae).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in <\/span><b>Kerala\u2019s Idukki district.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>currently known only from Idukki<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is distinguished from related genera by a unique combination of external and genital morphological characters.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Tiger moths<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> play a crucial ecological <\/span><b>role as pollinators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly <\/span><b>for plants that bloom at night.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They also serve as an important <\/span><b>food source for birds,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bats and other wildlife, while acting as biological indicators of environmental change.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Moths?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are insects that <\/span><b>belong to the order Lepidoptera,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which they share with butterflies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Highly adapted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they live in all but polar habitats.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They often have duller colors compared to butterflies, which helps with <\/span><b>camouflage.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some, like the luna moth or atlas moth, are vividly colored.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moth <\/span><b>antennae are often feathery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unlike the thin and clubbed antennae of butterflies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most <\/span><b>moths are active at night,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>some are diurnal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The larvae and adults of most moth species are plant eaters. Larvae in particular do considerable damage to ornamental trees and shrubs and to many other plants of economic importance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/discovery-of-new-moth-genus-in-keralas-idukki-highlights-western-ghats-hidden-biodiversity\/article71140509.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antaram idukki belongs to the tiger moth subfamily Arctiinae (Erebidae). 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