Costa Rica announced the discovery of two new moths

The Tinaegeria carlosalvaradoi that inhabit the rainforest areas of the Guanacaste Reserve, belonging to the Stathmopodidae family, has so far been little known and has been discovered by biological classification Elda Araya.

Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment and Energy has announced the discovery of two new moths, scientifically known as Tinaegeria carlosalvaradoi and Percnarcha claudiadoblesae , the result of a 40-year biodiversity research and conservation work. by.

Species Tinaegeria carlosalvaradoi.(Source: larepublica.net).

The names of the two new butterflies are set to honor the reign of President Carlos Alvarado and First Lady Claudia Dobles for their efforts in supporting Costa Rica's biodiversity conservation.

The discovery is the result of a biodiversity inventory program at the Guanacaste Reserve, which has been maintained for 41 years and has integrated thousands of new species of insects into the list of world biodiversity.

Tinaegeria carlosalvaradoi living in a rainforest area of ​​the Guanacaste Reserve, belonging to the Stathmopodidae family, has been little known to date and was discovered by the biological classification Elda Araya.

Meanwhile, Percnarcha claudiadoblesae also lives in the rainforest areas of Guanacaste, but belongs to the family Gelechiidae, and is discovered by the biological classification Petrona Rios.

Researcher Mark Metz of the US Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian Institute endorse two new species after verifying the genetic code and classifying descriptions.

Costa Rica is considered by many natural defenders as "butterfly's paradise" when insects with these colorful wings live in all parts of this Central American country.

With more than 1,200 butterfly species listed, this country of 'rich coast' accounts for 18% of the world's butterfly species and 90% of Central America.

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