Introducing the K.gaga species... A newly discovered insect species has been named after Lady Gaga, after the bug’s “wacky fashion sense” was compared to the singer.
Brendan Morris, a PhD candidate from the University of Illinois, was observing roughly 1,000 treehoppers for his research project when he discovered one female bug with unique features that distinguished her from the other creatures.
In academic journal Zootaxa, Morris and his co-author – entomologist Christopher Dietrich – describe the creature’s “additional m-cu crossvein in the forewing, as well as a frontoclypeal shape.” But it was the creature’s unique look that led Morris to christen it the K.gaga species. “If there is going to be a Lady Gaga bug, it’s going to be a
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