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Mounted specimens and genitalia slides of male geometer moth Ourapteryx yerburii subspecies, housed in the Natural History Museum, London. An example of reproductive isolation, the two externally identical subspecies only differ in one single structure known as furca in male genitalia.
This is the English translation of the Picture of the day description page from 12 June 2023.
Mounted specimens and genitalia slides of male geometer moth Ourapteryx yerburii subspecies, housed in the Natural History Museum, London. An example of reproductive isolation, the two externally identical subspecies only differ in one single structure known as furca in male genitalia.
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