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New Australian Insect Genus Named After Taylor Swift

A new genus of plant-feeding insects from Australia has been named Swiftiephylus, with four species honoring the singer and her albums.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 9 Sept 2026 · updated 45d ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 9 Sept 2026. Spotlight news only published first, on 9 September at 22:40 UTC; Times of India followed 13h 16m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 10 September at 11:56 UTC.

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  1. Taylor Swift fan helps discover 12 insect species, names 4 after singer and albums Times of India
  2. New insect genus and four species named for Taylor Swift and her albums Spotlight news only

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  • Taylor Swift
  • Swiftiephylus
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