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Magpie Moth

Abraxas grossulariata

About

A conspicuous white moth with bold black spots and an orange-yellow band across the wings. It played a historic role in the discovery of sex-linked inheritance.

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Did You Know?

Leonard Doncaster's experiments on this moth in 1906 provided early evidence for sex-linked genetics.