Scientists identify new moth species in Kazakh mountains

Researchers discovered a previously unknown species of moth in the Arkalyk Mountains of eastern Kazakhstan.

The scientific community named the moth Scythobrya kozybayevi. This name honors Manash Kozybayev, a Kazakh historian and academician whose 95th birth anniversary occurs this year. Scientists published the formal description of the new moth in the international scientific journal Entomological Studies.