New insect species named after Taylor Swift

Sarah Schroeder, a doctoral candidate in entomology at the University of California, Riverside and self-proclaimed lifelong Swiftie, has named a new insect genus after Taylor Swift: Swiftiephylus. On September 9, she published a study in the journal Brill introducing 12 new insect species. The Australian plant-eating insects are yellow with red accents, which Schroeder links to Swift's blonde hair and...