The longest, in the Wallace’s sphinx moth, can reach 28.5 centimeters – almost a foot long. The existence of this moth was predicted by Darwin and Wallace based on the incredible length of the nectar ...

This was at the same time as he was formulating his own revolutionary ideas on the origins of species that he would go on to share with Charles Darwin. The small white moth, Topiris candidella ...

this neglected specimen was collected by Alfred Russel Wallace around 170 years ago and is the type specimen for a diverse genus of moths. Wallace is known for arriving on the theory of evolution ...