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New insect genus and four species named for Taylor Swift and her albums

Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science.

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Taylor Swift is now the namesake of a genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia that were previously unknown to science. Sarah Schroeder, a UC Riverside doctoral student in entomology, hopes that naming these insects after the singer will bring attention to the insects themselves and insect conservation more generally.

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