Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

Translingual

Etymology

From Neopalpa +‎ donaldtrumpi, from being a species of Neopalpa moth named in honor of Donald Trump (45th president of the United States), for visual similarity of the head coloration of the moth and the hair of Donald Trump.

Proper noun

Neopalpa donaldtrumpi f

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Gelechiidae – a kind of twirler moth with yellowish-white scales present on the head in adults.
    • 2017 January 18, AJ Willingham, “New moth named in honor of Donald Trump”, in CNN‎[1] (in English):
      A biologist has named a newly discovered species of moth after our next president. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi is a wee little creature found in parts of California and Baja, Mexico. […] It seems nature favors fancy golden hairdos as much as the man himself (who could forget China’s beloved Trump bird?), because the N. donaldtrumpi sports a very familiar-looking crown of yellowish scales.

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