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Before industrialisation set in, thick growth of almost white-coloured lichen covered the trees allowed the white-winged moth to survive.

Industrial melanism showed that in a mixed population, those that can better-adapt, survive and increase in population size.

The explanation put forth for industrial melanism was that ‘predators will spot a moth against a contrasting background’.

Post industrialisation, the soot covered tree trunks provided the advantage of camouflage to dark-winged to survive and white- winged moth is wiped out completely.

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No variant is completely wiped out. Post industrialisation, the soot covered tree trunks provided the advantage of camouflage to dark-winged to survive but white winged moths also existed in lower numbers.

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