A child developmental specialist is someone who works with children, their parents and educators in assessing a child's developmental needs, deficiencies, and goals.
The resulting word â Mothra â is a hat-tip to the 1964 Mothra vs. Godzilla, the first appearance of the villainous winged creature that may have inspired the MUTO, or Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms that inhabit the 2014 Godzilla.
The story of the moth was outlined on pages 297-298 of the Elephant Book, and highlights the experiments of British ecologist H. B. D. Kettlewell. However, a recent book by Michael Majerus (Melanism-Evolution in Action) makes it clear that the peppered moth story has changed in recent years.