Plant-eating insects named after award-winning billionaire singer Taylor Swift

[TaylorSwift 163,711]

Taylor Swift, the award-winning billionaire singer and songwriter, is getting a new honor: The megastar is the namesake of several recently discovered species of plant-feeding insects from Australia.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have named the new species of insect after Swift. A paper describing the 12 new species was published in the journal “Insect Systematics and Evolution.” Of these, one genus has been named Swiftiephylus, which combines “Swiftie,” the term for Swift’s fans, with “Phylus,” a name commonly used for this group of insects.

Four species have been bestowed names inspired by the artist herself as well as several of her albums: Swiftiephylus taylorae, Swiftiephylus amator, Swiftiephylus intrepidus, and Swiftiephylus poetorum. The names are Latin versions of “Taylor,” “lover,” “fearless” and “poets,” respectively.

One of the reasons Schroeder dedicated the names of the new insects to Swift also has to do with their appearance: “Taylor Swift’s iconic look is her blonde hair and red lips. These insects are pale yellow with accents of red throughout,” Schroeder said. “In the paper, I refer to them as blonde.” 

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/taylor-swift-plant-eating-insects-names-1236856051/

Edited September 9 by TaylorSwift

[NUTELLA 30,346]

She's about to fetch a magnifying glass

& sue the **** out of a bug for using her name/likeness

[loveandpeace 2,121]

Looks like a cockroach variant

[ANVEEROY 65,671]

Perfecto

[dynamite 67,604]

5 minutes ago, loveandpeace said:

Looks like a cockroach variant

[gagzus 24,941]

She’s about to take her jet to their headquarters with a cease-and-desist herself 

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[Bradley 60,411]

She's going to write a diss song about the insect

Spoiler

'it's actually romantic you even need my name

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[Horny Chicken 11,126]

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[FfFfFfFF 58,760]

Do they emit carbon dioxide gases poluting the stratosphere?

[Economy 53,112]

5 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

Do they emit carbon dioxide gases poluting the stratosphere?

Im sure they do but their Queen will emit the most

 

[Lucas 31,533]

No one in their right mind should look at this insect and think "this looks like Taylor Swift"  just say you're an obsessed stan

[Ziggy 14,299]

these pictures side by side are taking me out.