Biston betularia

Biston betularia (bahasa Inggris: peppered moth) adalah sejenis spesies ngengat, seperti kebanyakan ngengat, spesies ini merupakan hewan nokturnal. Evolusi biston betularia sering digunakan sebagai salah satu contoh genetika populasi dan seleksi alam.

Sebelum terjadinya revolusi industri, biston betularia putih populasinya lebih banyak daripada biston betularia hitam. Setelah terjadinya revolusi industri, jumlah ngengat biston betularia putih lebih sedikit daripada ngengat biston betularia hitam karena warna putihnya yang terang membuat mangsanya bisa melihat dengan jelas.

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 Bruce Grant has written several papers on melanism in the peppered moth which are listed on his home page.
 Online lecture: "The rise and fall of the melanic Peppered Moth" presented by Laurence Cook.

 The Peppered Moth: Decline of a Darwinian Disciple. This is the transcript of Michael Majerus' lecture delivered to the British Humanist Association on Darwin Day 2004.
 The Peppered Moth: The Proof of Darwinian Evolution. This is the transcript of Majerus' lecture given at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology meeting on 23 August 2007. The accompanying powerpoint presentation is also available as a pdf file.

 An interactive game to simulate how evolution works with Biston betularia

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