The researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) Tamil Nadu Wetland Mission are the first in the world to photograph the moth species Mimeusemia ceylonica.
Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae and family Noctuidae.
KMTR is the only one tiger reserve in Tamilnadu and 17th tiger reserve in India. This was established in the year 1988.
This reserve is a mixture of three main sanctuaries Kalakad Sanctuary and Mundanthurai Sanctuary and a part of Kanyakumari Sanctuary.
It sprawls across an area of 895 Sq.KM. This Reserve has been identified as one among the Type-1 Tiger Conservation Units (TCU) and also classified as tropical moist evergreen forests.
