Question

What physical traits were favored in the peppered moth species after the Industrial Revolution​

Answer 1

Their skin color was dark which made the moths blend in. During the Industrial Revolution, the soot from factories caused the trees to become black. The light colored moths became easier to kill because they could not blend into their environment.

Answer 2

Dark Skin Color

Step-by-step explanation:

After the industrial revolution, the tree trunks got covered with dark soot and the lichens present on these tree trunks were killed. Under these polluted conditions, the dark-colored moth could blend themselves easily with soot-covered tree trunks. Hence, these dark-colored moths exhibit better survival and reproductive rate than the light-colored moth population.

So, natural selection favored light skin color after the industrial revolution.