A moth collected by Alfred Russel Wallace nearly 170 years ago was rediscovered in a museum drawer and helped identify 11 new species | - The Times of India
A battered moth that had spent decades overlooked in the Natural History Museum's collection has helped scientists identify 11 species previously unknown to science. The tiny specimen was collected in Sarawak, Borneo, by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace around 1855-1856, but its significance went unnoticed for generations.