Prof. Dr. Özge Özden, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Near East University and also a Professor, found that the creature discovered to be a new species for the world, in their studies on samples collected from the Girne, Alsancak, Yeṣiltepe-Ilgaz region with Austrian Entemologist Peter Huemer, was a moth belonging to the Gelechiidae family called Scrobipalpa chardonnayi.

In her post on her own social media platform, Prof. Dr. Özge Özden said: “In this study we conducted with Peter Huemer, it is very valuable to find new discoveries for our country. In addition, as Near East University, we attach great importance to cooperation and joint studies. Scrobipalpa chardonnayi, which is a new record for the world and for our country, is a nocturnal butterfly identified in the limestone mountains of Northern Cyprus and endemic to Cyprus. Scrobipalpa chardonnayi belongs to a moth family called Gelechiid moths. Despite its large size, it shares the same name as a poorly studied superfamily, Gelechioidea, and its taxonomy is the subject of considerable debate. They are generally very small moths with narrow, fringed wings.”

The article written by Prof. Dr. Özge Özden and Austrian Entemologist Peter Huemer about Scrobipalpa chardonnayi was accepted and published in the journal “Zootaxa”.