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Rediscovery of the mysterious Taiwanese micromoth Pachyrhabda citrinacma Meyrick, 1936 (Stathmopodidae) in museum and field, with notes on the fern-spore feeding larva

  • 1. Biodiversity Research Center, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. & Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 2. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 3. Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Shen, Zong-Yu, Su, Hung-En, Hsu, Yu-Feng (2024): Rediscovery of the mysterious Taiwanese micromoth Pachyrhabda citrinacma Meyrick, 1936 (Stathmopodidae) in museum and field, with notes on the fern-spore feeding larva. Zootaxa 5446 (2): 288-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.11, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5446.2.11

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