The peppered moth (Biston betularia) is a temperate species of night-flying moth. It is mostly found in the northern hemisphere in places like Asia, Europe...

The evolution of the peppered moth is an evolutionary instance of directional colour change in the moth population as a consequence of air pollution during...

The Peppered Moth is a 2000 novel by English writer Margaret Drabble; it is her fourteenth published novel. The novel follows the fictional experiences...

remembered as an ardent supporter and champion of experiments on peppered moth evolution. The son of Fernand and Muriel Majerus, Michael Majerus took an early...

during Kettlewell's famous experiments on the evolution of melanism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia. The entomologist Michael Majerus discussed criticisms...

who performed research on the influence of industrial melanism on peppered moth (Biston betularia) coloration, showing why moths are darker in polluted areas...

of the peppered moth, Biston betularia. It is also seen in a beetle, Adalia bipunctata (two-spot ladybird), where camouflage is not involved as the insect...

industrial revolution, the most prominent phenotype in the peppered moth population was the lighter, speckled moths. They thrived on the light birch trees...

melanism can lead to the creation of morphs, the most notable example being the peppered moth, whose evolutionary history in the United Kingdom is offered...

Industrial melanism in the peppered moth Biston betularia is a well-known example of the process of natural selection. The typical wing color phenotype...

as a complete vindication of the peppered moth story. He said, "If the rise and fall of the peppered moth is one of the most visually impacting and easily...

member is the peppered moth, Biston betularia, which has been the subject of numerous studies in population genetics. Several other geometer moths are notorious...

), is associated with the supernatural and evil and has been featured in art and movies Peppered moth (Biston betularia), the subject of a well-known...

experiments on the peppered moth which were intended as experimental validation of evolution. She highlights supposed problems with the methodology of...

on the peppered moth. It also covers Kettlewell's experiments in Shetland on other Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). The book is centered on the authors...

at the College of William and Mary. He has a particular research interest in the peppered moth, and published a book, Observing Evolution: Peppered Moths...

being the peppered moth, Biston betularia. Geographical isolation causes a divergence of a species into different morphs. A good example is the Indian...

bark, the light-colored moths stood out more to predators. Natural selection began favoring a previously rare darker variety of the peppered moth referred...

The peppered moth exists in both light and dark colours in Great Britain, but during the industrial revolution, many of the trees on which the moths rested...

book The Evolution of Melanism. The book contains a very useful summary of Majerus' work on melanism in ladybirds and a review of the peppered moth story...

the role of environmental gradients in creating clines is that of the peppered moth, Biston betularia, in the UK. During the 19th century, when the industrial...

Black moth or Black Moth can refer to: Arctornis l-nigrum, black V moth Ascalapha odorata, black witch moth Biston betularia, peppered moth Celiptera...

a biological experiment in the mid-1950s to study the evolutionary mechanism of industrial melanism in the peppered moth (Biston betularia). It was executed...

ISBN 978-0140122282 The Gates of Ivory, Viking (1991) ISBN 978-0140166033 The Witch of Exmoor, Viking (1996) ISBN 978-0140261943 The Peppered Moth, Viking (2001)...

generations are the peppered moth and flightless birds. In the 1930s, the discipline of evolutionary biology emerged through what Julian Huxley called the modern...

South Asia. Many moths show industrial melanism, including the peppered moth which has coloration that blends in with tree bark. The coloration of these...

One of the best known modern examples of the role that evolution has played in insect defenses is the link between melanism and the peppered moth (Biston...

The adaptive value represents the combined influence of all characters which affect the fitness of an individual or population. Adaptive value is an essential...

adaptation to their artificial, dark environment in a similar way that the peppered moth (Biston betularia) had apparently adapted to its changing urban environment...

moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. Its only species, Tritocleis microphylla, the ʻOlaʻa peppered looper moth,...