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In mountain ranges of the southwestern U.S., Nepytia janetae was an innocuous, little-studied species of moth until 1996. Since then, four devastating N. janetae outbreaks have defoliated and killed tens of thousands of acres of conifer trees. A new study details the life history of the species and examines contributing factors to the outbreaks in hopes of predicting future ones—though much remains a mystery. [Read more]
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