Another new moth species in Portugal

A new species of moth as been unveiled by our team and several collaborators. It has been named Mondeguina atlanticella, as it was discovered in the area where the Mondego river, in the center of Portugal, meets the Atlantic ocean.

This is yet another example of the fantastic potential of eDNA and metabarcoding to identify new species.

More information and the link to the press release and the original article can be found here.

This press release has been used in several press articles, listed below.

• https://www.natgeo.pt/animais/2020/07/mondeguina-nova-especie-de-borboleta-homenageia-rio-mondego
• https://noticias.up.pt/investigadores-do-cibio-inbio-detetam-nova-especie-de-borboleta-em-portugal/
• https://www.timeout.pt/porto/pt/noticias/investigadores-do-porto-descobrem-nova-especie-de-borboleta-em-portugal-060520
• https://www.noticiasdecoimbra.pt/mondeguina-nova-especie-de-borboleta-noturna-tem-nome-inspirado-no-basofias/
• https://www.wilder.pt/historias/novo-genero-de-borboletas-em-portugal-baptizado-em-homenagem-ao-rio-mondego/
• http://www.porto.pt/noticias/cibio-inbio-team-of-the-university-of-porto-discovers-new-beautiful-species-of-butterfly
• https://terrasdohomem.pt/2020/06/01/novo-genero-e-nova-especie-de-borboleta-em-portugal-em-homenagem-ao-rio-mondego-e-ao-oceano-atlantico/