American singer Taylor Swift has received a unique honor in her illustrious career, with experts naming a recently discovered species of insect after her.

A study published on September 9 in the journal ‘Insect Systematics and Evolution’ has announced the discovery of 12 new species of plant-eating insects.

According to the research, a new genus name was also proposed for this discovery, which has been named ‘Swiftiephylus’ inspired by Taylor Swift.

The 4 species in the genus are also named after Taylor Swift and her albums, including Taylor Swift, Amator, Intrepidus and Poitorum.

“I’ve been a longtime fan of Taylor Swift, so I wanted to pay tribute to her as well as bring attention to insect species that have yet to be discovered,” said study co-author Sarah Schroeder, a doctoral student in entomology at the University of California Riverside.

According to Schroeder, one of the reasons why these insects are attributed to Taylor Swift is their appearance, the insects are pale yellow in color and have prominent red markings on their bodies, which resemble Taylor Swift’s blonde hair and red lips.

Swiftyfels specimens were collected between 1995 and 2004 by the American Museum of Natural History and Australian experts, resulting in more than 50,000 specimens, but scientists estimate that about 30 million insects are still undocumented.

The new genus Swiftyphilus is part of the largest true insect family, Miridae, which includes more than 11,000 described species worldwide.

This unique honor received by Taylor Swift is not the first time that an organism has been named after a famous person. Before that, in 2022, scientists at the University of California Riverside named a species of nematode insect ‘Tarantobilus Jeff Daniels’ after the actor Jeff Daniels.