The peppered moth Biston betularia comes in two varieties

Last updated: 6/9/2023

The peppered moth Biston betularia comes in two varieties The typica form is white with black spots and was prominent in England prior to the Industrial Revolution while the car bonaria or black variety was seldom seen A century later the carbonaria is the dominant phenotype and typica is less than 2 percent of the peppered moth population Which of the following explanations best describes the evolution of the peppered moth in post industrial England A B C D Environmental changes due to air pollution created a situation where the typica variety was more likely to be seen and eaten by predators making carbonaria variety more fit for the new environment Air pollution caused a unique mutation in the typica variety which caused its offspring to present phenotypically as carbonaria in subsequent generations Due to air pollution from industrial coal burning the typica variety died off allowing more resources for the carbonaria variety Predators which were reducing the population numbers of the carbonaria variety prior to industrialization moved out of the citior dun